Directors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns
Writers: Ken Burns, David McMahon
Stars: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson and Kharey Wise
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Viewer's Opinion : Ken Burns has spent over 20 years documenting American history in bite-size chunks, homing in on one subject after another with keen alacrity. In all that time, though, Burns has touched on issues such as racism and poverty only at a decades-long remove. So to see the 59-year-old filmmaker's name associated with a documentary recounting one of the most horrendous miscarriages of justice in recent memory is frankly a little shocking. To Burns' credit, he rises to the challenge admirably. He and co-directors Sarah Burns (his daughter) and David McMahon throw into stark relief the fates of five young men coerced into confessing their guilt in the assault and rape of "The Central Park Jogger"
Another tricky case, since while the video footage of the CP5's confessions deserves to be seen, this is pretty pedestrian stuff otherwise. That's not to say this isn't filled with information- as a primer on the details of the case it works fairly well- but the filmmaking is typical of the wrongly-convicted documentary formula (lots of talking-head interviews), and as the story unfolds it hits more or less all the expected notes. Perhaps a sharper focus would have helped, since the movie's easily at its most compelling when examining the confessionss, the circumstances under which they were given, and the resulting fallout. Because really, it's sort of jaw-dropping to witness these kids, weary and dead-eyed, drone out their half-hearted get-me-out-of-here confessions, only to see their horrendous treatment at the hands of some opportunistic law and order types, abetted by the media and a society that mistakes catharsis for justice.
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