Chronicling the true story of a notorious case of five black teenagers who were convicted of a rape they did not commit: 'When They See Us'
Ava DuVernay’s important and riveting new Netflix series When They See Us doesn’t explicitly show us that the Central Park Five case took place in the same year that Do the Right Thing blew a hole through American culture and the film industry, but she nods to it all the same simply by booming Public’s Enemy’s Fight the Power. From that moment on, it’s clear that DuVernay is doing more than just recreating known events. She plans on doing something much, much bigger than that. — Article by Sasha Stone via Awards Daily
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An American drama web television miniseries created by Ava DuVernay for Netflix.
DuVernay also serves as a co-writer for the series, and is expected to direct every episode.
The series documents the Central Park jogger case from 1989 in which a 28-year-old female jogger was attacked and raped in Central Park in New York City, leaving her in a coma for 12 days. Five juvenile males – four African-American and one Hispanic – were convicted of the crimes by juries in two separate trials in 1990; their convictions were vacated in 2002 (a legal position in which the parties are treated as though no trial has taken place). Series premiered on May 31, 2019. Attribution: Wikipedia
When They See Us | Netflix Official Site
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story. Watch trailers & learn more.
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