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Friday, December 7, 2012

THE TEN BEST FILMS OF 2012
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Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana and Kharey Wise in a photo taken in October 2012.  BlackFilm.com

    

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Friday, December 7, 2012


THE CENTRAL PARK


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The picture above, from Wilson Morales' website BlackFilm.com, is the way I prefer to see these innocent gentlemen, whom with one other were convicted in 1990 of a crime they did not commit.  (Several years ago I contributed work to an appeal of the convictions of two of the men.  I also appear in this resounding and sobering documentary -- briefly in archival footage.)  Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah Burns, and her husband David McMahon direct this penetrating look at the racism, hysteria and media frenzy surrounding the five men following the rape of a white female jogger in Central Park in New York City in April 1989.  The question of trial by media looms large, as does the transitioning climate in New York of crime, racial tension, and blatant racism in the media, society and criminal justice system.  A brutal coming of age story if ever there was one.   Released in the U.S. in November 2012.  One hour and 58 minutes.  Distributor: IFC Films/Sundance Selects.  REVIEW soon.

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