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- When They See Us debuted on Netflix on May 31, chronicling the racially-charged case of the Central Park Five. The four-part series is directed by Ava DuVernay and executive produced by Oprah. When They See Us covers a period of 25 years throughout the multi-part series, following the two trials held in 1990 for five accused teens.
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Alexandra Templer as Trisha Meili in the Netflix drama When They See Us, which is based on the story of the Central Park Five. As the DNA evidence from semen found at the scene didn't match...
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While most people are aware that acclaimed director Ava DuVernay directed the mini-series, what may not be as obvious is that DuVernay also co-wrote the entire program for Netflix. This was more than just a job, but a passion project. She both directed and co-wrote all four episodes of the drama series and was nominated for outstanding director of ...
The miniseries was officially named, and is known as, When They See Us; however, the show was originally slated to be called The Central Park Five. This was the title in the 2017 announcement when Netflix officially gave the show a series order (originally for five episodes). In March of 2019, two months before the show was set to premiere, directo...
While the suffering of all five of the young men wrongly sentenced for the crime in When They See Us, is clear, what may not be as clear is the fact that every defendant received the maximumpossible sentence from the judge in their cases. Korey, as seen on the show, is obviously the only one sentenced as an adult and forced to serve his entire term...
Officially Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise were not exonerated, but vacatedfrom court. Vacated from court means that those who were originally convicted are treated as though no trial ever took place in the first place. RELATED:When They See Us: Key Facts The Show Leaves Out While this clears their rec...
All five of the men, once released and vacated, finally received a settlementfrom the city of New York in 2014. All five claimed wrongful convictions and emotional distress. The city settled, some twenty years after the crime, and the convictions took place. The city paid out $41 million. The five also sued the State of New York, as well as the Cit...
Recently, in March of 2020, Linda Fairstein, portrayed in the miniseries by Felicity Huffman, and former prosecutor of the Central Park Five case sued Netflix and Ava DuVernay for defamationbased on how she was portrayed in the series. The case is ongoing. The former prosecutor also believes that while the Central Park Five should have been vacated...
Jharrel Jerome, who won the Prime Time Emmy for best actor for his portrayal of Korey Wise, auditioned twicefor Ava Duvernay and her team. When he came in to read for the role of young Korey he was sporting a beard and was afraid it would make him look too old for the part. He returned to read again, this time clean-shaven, and so impressed the tea...
Antron McCray made it out of prison and was able to unite with his family, but his mother, Linda McCray passedaway before she was able to see the Duvernay miniseries about the life of her son. RELATED: 10 Things On Netflix To Watch If You Love True Crime In the show, Linda was portrayed by Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Antron was portrayed by Caleel ...
While When They See Us does go into great detail for certain scenes (working off of actual interview tapes for the scenes where the boys are interrogated by police) some details had to be left out. For example, in real life, Kevin Richardson's mother had a medical emergency while her son was in court.Asante Blackk, who portrayed young Kevin in the ...
Raymond Santana (played by Marquis Rodriguez and Freddy Miyares ) had a very tense and emotional relationship with his fatheron-screen (his dad was played by John Leguizamo). However, in real life, Raymond has a very good relationship with his father, though they both regret all the time they missed together to build more of a relationship due to R...
Jun 12, 2019 · Five black and Hispanic boys, aged between 14 and 16, would be found guilty and jailed for the crime. They became known as the Central Park Five. But they never committed the crime. The...
When They See Us is based on events of the April 19, 1989, Central Park jogger case and explores the lives of the five suspects who were prosecuted on charges related to the sexual assault of a female victim, and of their families.
Sep 20, 2019 · When They See Us examines the role that the suspects' races played in their incrimination (all five were black or Latino), and the effect that the wrongful convictions had on them and their...
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Five teens – 14-year-olds Raymond Santana and Kevin Richardson, 15-year-olds Antron McCray and Yusef Salaam and 16-year-old Corey Wise – were arrested by New York police a few hours before Meili...
Jun 13, 2019 · The series dares you not to pause and reflect on what you thought you knew — and what real-life antagonists like Donald Trump were sure they had pegged — about this case, black and minority...
