The Central Park Five (2012)

The Central Park Five (2012) Movie Reviews
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Cast: Ed Koch, David Dinkins, Craig Steven Wilder, Calvin O. Butts III, Jim Dwyer

Director: Ken Burns, David McMahon

Rating: NR

Running Time: 120 min.

Synopsis: Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (Prohibition) teams with his daughter Sarah and her husband David McMahon to examine the facts in the case of five black and Latino teens from Harlem who in 1989 were accused of committing a heinous rape in Central Park, and the failure of the authorities and the media to ensure that justice was served. Hastily tried and convicted as racial tensions in New York City spiked, the innocent teens all served time in prison before a serial rapist shocked authorities by admitting sole responsibility for the brutal sexual assault.

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  • Nov 26, 2012 06:16 pm

    Patrick said: F

    This is the sort of sentimental garbage that continues to lead our country down the path of racial hatred. Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, et al. are hate mongering racists, and yet, when will we see a movie or documentary detailing their sins? Louis Farrakhan went on the same rampage to get whites convicted of rape with no apologies when they turned out to be innocent in the same city of New York. The incident with the Duke students, especially after they were exonerated, shows America is more than ready to eviscerate any whites of any wrong doing regardless of the evidence or lack thereof. We need to make films that call out racism as a universal evil. White people do not own a monopoly. Evil is evil. As a country, we need to start calling out all forms of racism, not just the politically correct version which is white on black. Can you imagine if someone in John McCain's or Mitt Romney's constituency had made vehement statements like those of Jeremiah Wright? Their political careers would have immediately come to an end, but Barack Obama gets a pass. The pendulum has swung so far it has come off the clock. It is long past time to start holding everyone to the same standards. It is obvious who continues to espouse hatred in America, and it isn't the whites.

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