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Making Of

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Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon discuss their film, Central Park Five

Extras
In Sept. 2012 the City of New York subpoenaed all the materials from the film.
Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
The Central Park Five talk about what the film means to them.
Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
The Central Park Five did not take a plea bargain.
Film making has become a family business for Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon.
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon discuss the term, 'wilding.'
The central park five are tricked into implicating themselves and each other.
Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana discuss the manipulation of their interrogation.
The Central Park Five describe their lives before April 20, 1989.
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Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
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