The Central Park Five

The story

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 6 and 13 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.

Cast

A Antron McCraySelf (voice) K Kevin RichardsonSelf Y Yusef SalaamSelf R Raymond SantanaSelf K Kharey WiseSelf M Matias ReyesSelf (archive footage) J Jim DwyerSelf - New York Times A Angela BlackSelf - Kevin's Sister E Ed KochSelf C Craig Steven WilderSelf - Historian L LynNell HancockSelf - Journalist C Calvin O. Butts IIISelf - Reverend

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R Raymond Santana Sr.Self - Raymond's Father M Michael WarrenSelf - Lawyer N Natalie ByfieldSelf - Daily News S Saul KassinSelf - Social Psychologist M Michael JosephSelf - Defense Lawyer D David DinkinsSelf - Former Mayor, New York R Ronald GoldSelf - Juror #5 H Humberto ArroyoSelf (archive footage) B Bobby BurnsSelf (archive footage) R Robert ColangeloSelf (archive footage) M Mario CuomoSelf (archive footage) H Howard DillerSelf (archive footage) L Linda FairsteinSelf (archive footage) R Rudolph GiulianiSelf (archive sound) B Bernard GoetzSelf (archive footage) C Carlos GonzalezSelf (archive footage) J John GottiSelf (archive footage) J John HartiganSelf (archive footage) E Elizabeth LedererSelf (archive footage) J Jack MapleSelf (archive footage) B Bobby McCraySelf (archive footage) L Linda McCraySelf (archive footage) C Colin MooreSelf (archive footage) R Robert MorgenthauSelf (archive footage) P Paul L. RichardsonSelf (archive footage) P Peter RiveraSelf (archive footage) A Aaron RosenthalSelf - Assistant Chief of Detectives (archive footage) S Sharonne SalaamSelf (archive footage) A Al SharptonSelf (archive footage) M Mike SheehanSelf (archive footage) D Donald TrumpSelf (archive footage) B Ben WardSelf (archive Footage)