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The Central Park Five (other)
Central Park Five refers to the defendants in the 1989 Central Park jogger case The Central Park jogger case (events also referenced as the Central Park Five Case) was a criminal case over the aggravated assault and rape of a white woman in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989, occurring at the same time a .... Central Park Five may also refer to: * ''The Central Park Five'' (film), a 2012 film about the case * ''The Central Park Five'' (opera), a 2019 opera about the case * ''The Central Park Five'' (miniseries), a 2019 TV series about the case, retitled ''When They See Us'' {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Park Jogger Case
The Central Park jogger case (events also referenced as the Central Park Five Case) was a criminal case over the aggravated assault and rape of a white woman in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989, occurring at the same time as an unrelated string of other attacks in the park the same night. Five black and Latino youths (known as the Central Park Five, later the Exonerated Five) were convicted of assaulting the woman, and served sentences ranging from six to twelve years. All later had their charges vacated after a prison inmate confessed to the crime. From the outset the case was a topic of national interest. Initially, it fueled public discourse about New York City's perceived lawlessness, criminal behavior by youths, and violence toward women. After the exonerations, the case became a prominent example of racial profiling, discrimination, and Racial inequality in the United States, inequality in the legal system and the media. All five defendants sued the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Central Park Five (film)
''The Central Park Five'' is a 2012 documentary film about the Central Park jogger case, directed by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon. It covers the arrests, interrogations, trials, convictions and vacating the convictions of the five men who were teenagers in 1989 at the time of the case. It was released in the US on November 23, 2012. Sarah Burns published related books on the case, under two different titles: ''The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding'' (2011) and ''The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind One of New York City's Most Infamous Crimes'' (2012). Content The Central Park jogger case was based on the violent assault, rape, and sodomy of Trisha Meili, a female jogger, in New York City's Central Park, on April 19, 1989, as well as what were thought to be related attacks by a large group of youths on eight other persons in the park that night, including two that left victims unconscious. Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Central Park Five (opera)
''The Central Park Five'' is a two-act American opera composed by Anthony Davis with libretto by Richard Wesley. It premiered on June 15, 2019, at the Long Beach Opera Company in California. The premiere was directed by Andreas Mitisek and conducted by Leslie Dunner. Davis was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for the opera on May 4, 2020. An earlier, shorter version, titled ''Five'', was premiered in Newark, New Jersey, in 2016 by the Trilogy Company. A staged concert production has been announced by New York City Opera for 2021. Summary The opera is based on the 1989 incident in which a woman was raped and beaten and eight other people injured in New York's Central Park. Five African-American and Hispanic teenagers were convicted of assault and other charges; they served years in prison but were ultimately exonerated. The opera's large cast includes the five teenagers; five of their parents; Matias Reyes, the serial rapist ultimately proven to be the actual perpetrator; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
