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The Central Park five [videorecording] / a production of Florentine Films and WETA Television ; [writers/directors/producers], Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon.

Black, Angela. (Added Author). Burns, Ken, 1953- (Added Author). Burns, Sarah, 1982- (Added Author). Butts, Calvin O. (Added Author). McCray, Antron. (Added Author). McMahon, David. (Added Author). Richardson, Kevin. (Added Author). Savini, Anthony. (Added Author). Squires, Buddy. (Added Author). Wamble, Doug. (Added Author). Wise, Kharey. (Added Author). Florentine Films. (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author). WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.) (Added Author).

Summary:

In April 1989, Trisha Meili, a 28-year-old investment banker, was raped and savagely beaten while jogging in the park. The shocking crime came in a city already known, as one interviewee describes it, as "the capital of racial violence," and media, politicians, cops, ordinary citizens, and everyone else demanded that whoever was responsible be brought to justice immediately, if not sooner. And although there were dozens of other black and Latino youths "wilding" (i.e., threatening and/or attacking others) in the park that night, only teenagers Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise, all of whom were interviewed for this film, were ultimately arrested and convicted, based on confessions to the police who interrogated them. All five went to jail, serving between 6 and 13 years while the district attorney's office congratulated itself on a job well done. But the confessions, portions of which we see in file footage, were bogus. If not actually coerced, they were certainly the products of five scared, confused, suggestible youths willing to say almost anything simply so they could go home.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781608838547 :
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : PBS Distribution, c2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced in 2012.
Special features include: interview with the filmmakers; after the Central Park Five.
Title from disc.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematography by Buddy Squires with Anthony Savini ; edited by Michael Levine ; original music by Doug Wamble.
Participant or Performer Note:
With Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Kharey Wise, Angela Black, Calvin O. Butts III.
Target Audience Note:
E.
System Details Note:
DVD ; English 5.1 surround ; 2.0 stereo ; widescreen presentation.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
In English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.
Subject: Criminal justice, Administration of > New York (State) > New York.
Documentary television programs.
False imprisonment > New York (State) > New York.
Judicial error > New York (State) > New York.
Rape victims > New York (State) > New York.
Violent crimes > New York (State) > New York.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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