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Hopkins Center Film & Discussion

The Central Park Five
with director Ken Burns in person

central Park 5Saturday January 19
* 7 pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
General admission $15 ▪ Dartmouth ID/Children 12 & under $10
Tickets on sale 45 minutes before show time at the theater

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between six and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, resulting in their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, The Central Park Five tells the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories, an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage ofjustice.

A discussion with director Ken Burns will follow.

 

Last Updated: 1/14/13