PBS - The Central Park Five (2013)

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and charged for brutally attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News media swarmed the case, calling it “the crime of the century.” But the truth about what really happened didn't become clear until after the five had spent years in prison for a crime they didn't commit. With THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, this story of injustice finally gets the telling it deserves. Based on Sarah Burns' best-selling book and co-directed by her husband David McMahon and father, the beloved doc filmmaker Ken Burns, this incendiary film tells the riveting tale of innocent young men scapegoated for a heinous crime, and serves as a mirror for our times.

PBS Cntral Park Five

• New York Film Critics Online 2012 Winner Best Documentary
• Writers Guild of America 2012 Nominated Best Documentary Screenplay David McMahon
• Writers Guild of America 2012 Nominated Best Documentary Screenplay Ken Burns
• Writers Guild of America 2012 Nominated Best Documentary Screenplay Sarah Burns
• National Board of Review 2012 Nominated Freedom of Expression Award
• New York Film Critics Circle 2012 Winner Best Documentary
• Independent Spirit Awards 2012 Nominated Best Documentary David McMahon
• Independent Spirit Awards 2012 Nominated Best Documentary Ken Burns
• Independent Spirit Awards 2012 Nominated Best Documentary Sarah Burns
• Toronto International Film Festival 2012 Nominated Film Presented
• Cannes Film Festival 2012 Nominated Film Presented

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