17 November 2012 8:42 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

The Central Park Five is a compelling documentary from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns about the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989.  Directed and produced by Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, the film chronicles the Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of the five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice. Hit the jump to read the interview with Ken Burns and Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five.  Burns also talked about his upcoming projects, The Dust Bowl, The Roosevelts, Jackie Robinson, and Vietnam. Before getting to the interview, here's the trailer: At the film’s press day, Burns and Salaam talked about how the events in 1989 dramatically altered the lives of five teenagers, how law enforcement, social institutions and the media »

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