The Central Park Five and Filmmaker Sarah Burns

Title

Subject

Central Park Jogger Rape Trial, New York, N.Y., 1990

Judicial error -- New York (State) -- New York

Criminal justice, Administration of -- New York (State) -- New York

Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- New York (State) -- New York

Rape victims -- New York (State) -- New York

Violent crimes -- New York (State) -- New York

United States -- Race relations

Description

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were wrongly convicted for the rape of a white woman in Central Park. The Central Park Jogger Case, as it came to be known, was chronicled in a recent documentary titled The Central Park Five by Ken Burns, David McMahon, and Sarah Burns, who take the perspective of the five men whose lives were torn apart by the trials, wrongful convictions, and fights for justice.

FIT welcomes three members of the Central Park Five and filmmaker Sarah Burns to campus to present a 30-minute excerpt of the documentary, The Central Park Five, and to discuss it and current racial issues, as their case continues to resonate today.

This event is presented by Professor Bernard L. Dillard, in collaboration with the Presidential Scholars Program and the Office of Educational Opportunity Programs. It is sponsored by the President’s Diversity Grant and the UCE of FIT.

Contributor

Levinson Wilk, Daniel

Fairclough, Shayna

Publisher

Fashion Institute of Technology

Alternative Title

An Evening with the Central Park Five and Filmmaker Sarah Burns: Looking Back to Look Forward

Date Created

2017-02-15

Length

1:50:13

Rights

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