The Central Park Five
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In 1989, five Black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between six and thirteen years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories, and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.
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Edited by Michael LevineShot by Anthony SaviniScored by Doug Wamble
Box Office
2012 · Box office
Grossed $274K worldwide
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$274K
Opening week (7-day): $44K
Peak 3 theaters
Also known as
- Die Fünf vom Central Parkde
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17 unique people credited
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Antron Mccray
as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
Kevin Richardson
as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
Kharey Wise
as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
Raymond Santana
as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
Yusef Salaam
as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
Matias Reyes
as Self - Confessed Rapist
Jim Dwyer
as Self - New York Times
Angela Black
as Self - Kevin's Sister
Ed Koch
as Self - Former Mayor, New York
Craig Steven Wilder
as Self - Historian
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