The Central Park Five

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

Antron McCray

as Self (voice)

Kevin Richardson

as Self

Yusef Salaam

as Self

Raymond Santana

as Self

Kharey Wise

as Self

Matias Reyes

as Self (archive footage)

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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