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Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. Directed and produced by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, the film chronicles the Central Park Jogger case, from the perspective of the five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice
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THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. Directed and produced by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, the film chronicles the Central Park Jogger case, from the perspective of the five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice
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In Sept. 2012 the City of New York subpoenaed all the materials from the film. (2m 49s)
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Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon discuss the term, 'wilding.' (4m 32s)
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Film making has become a family business for Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon. (4m 23s)
Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989 (3m 25s)
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