Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction tomorrow, Thursday, January 30: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE
Sarah Burns, David McMahon, and Ken Burns’ examination of an infamous case of injustice had its world premiere at Cannes in 2012. Festival screening included Telluride, Toronto, DOC NYC, and more before a limited theatrical run, DVD/VOD release, and PBS broadcast. Recently, NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio has announced plans to settle a lawsuit stemming from the case.
I previously wrote about the doc out of Toronto here.
Note: A Q&A with two of the exonerated subjects of the film, Yusef Salaam and Korey Wise, will follow the screening.
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