The Central Park Five is a 2012 documentary film about the Central Park jogger case, directed by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon. It covers the arrests, interrogations, trials, convictions and vacating the convictions of the five men who were teenagers in 1989 at the time of the case. It was released in the US on November 23, 2012.
Sarah Burns published related books on the case, under two different titles: The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding (2011) and The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind One of New York City's Most Infamous Crimes (2012).
MPAA Rating: | NR |
Genre: | Crime, Documentary, History |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Chris Bongirne, Ken Burns, Tom Mason, Elle Carriere, Sarah Burns, Sarah Klein, David Mcmahon, Jim Corbley |
Directed By: | David McMahon, Sarah Burns, Ken Burns |
Written By: | David McMahon, Sarah Burns, Ken Burns |
Cast: | Saul Kassin, Michael Warren, Angela Black, Antron McCray, Jim Dwyer, Raymond Santana Sr., David Dinkins, Michael Joseph, Raymond Santana, Ronald Gold, Kharey Wise, Ed Koch, Natalie Byfield, Kevin Richardson, Craig Steven Wilder, Yusef Salaam, Matias Reyes, Calvin O. Butts III, Humberto Arroyo, LynNell Hancock |
In Theaters: | Nov 23, 2012 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 59 minutes |
Production: | Florentine Films, WETA |
Box Office: | $273,747 |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |