"The Central Park Five" Screening

On Sunday, July 21, the Peace and Social Justice Committee will present the film “The Central Park Five” in Forbes Hall at 12 noon, following the 10 a.m. service and social hour. “The Central Park Five,” by award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, depicts a stunning miscarriage of justice through the experiences of five young African American and Latino men who were wrongly convicted of brutally beating and raping a young white woman who was jogging in Central Park in 1989. Told from their perspective, the film covers the trial, conviction, appeal process, and their eventual exoneration after serving between three and thirteen years in prison. The film will be followed by a discussion.

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Catherine Gentile