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When They See Us
A Series by Ava DuVernay
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
Showrunner Ava DuVernay
When They See Us
A Series by Ava DuVernay
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
Showrunner Ava DuVernay
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Another member of Exonerated Central Park 5 launches an NYC Council campaign
Another member of the Exonerated Five, the group vindicated of a high-profile assault and rape that took place Central Park in 1989, is running for New York City Council — hoping to replicate the momentum that sent Yusef Salaam to City Hall in the 2023 elections.
Where the Key Figures From When They See Us Are Now
When They See Us is, in many ways, brutal viewing. Writer-director Ava DuVernay’s sweeping, four-episode depiction of what led to the wrongful 1990 conviction (and eventual exoneration in 2002) of a handful of teenage boys from Harlem…
The Central Park Five: ‘We Were Just Baby Boys’
The men, whose story will be brought to life in Netflix’s “When They See Us,” discuss the mini-series with their onscreen counterparts.
‘When They See Us’ Transforms Its Victims Into Heroes
Ava DuVernay’s mini-series depicts the excruciating toll that persecution and incarceration had on the teenage boys known as the Central Park Five.
