“The Central Park Five” describes the brutal attack and rape on a white female jogger in Central Park, and the subsequent media swarm that resulted in the imprisonment of five black and Latino youths for crimes that, as it turned out years later, they had nothing to do with. The case transfixed the city of New York and the nation.
The film tells the story of the five youths (labeled by the media as a “wolf pack”); their efforts to prove their innocence against the entrenched bias of the public, the prosecutors and the NYPD; and the efforts to clear their names for a crime they didn’t commit.
Produced and directed by Sarah Burns with her father, the revered documentarian Ken Burns, and her husband David McMahon, “The Central Park Five” is an engrossing tragic tale of a justice system hell-bent
on success, misdirected young people, and the tragedy of violent crime.
More than simply a historical documentary, the motion picture is, according to A.O. Scott of The New York Times, deeply “infuriating.” Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times described the documentary as “careful, thoughtful and devastating.”
“The purpose of our film series is to raise public awareness of issues that are too often ignored or overlooked within our society. “The Central Park Five”, with its gripping story of racism, police impropriety (at best) and lost youth, does all that and more,” said Nico Jenkins, lecturer in the Ethics and Philosophy Program at Husson University.
“The Central Park Five” is part of a documentary film series presented at the Gracie Theatre at Husson University and hosted by Mr. Jenkins as part of an effort to help stimulate awareness and discussion of critical moral and ethical issues.
For more information about the screening, contact the box office at The Gracie at 941-7888 or visit GracieTheatre.com.
Completed in October of 2009, The Gracie is Husson University's center for the fine and performing arts. This beautiful new 500-seat theatre is quickly earning a reputation as one of Maine’s premier performance venues. In addition, The Gracie also serves as a learning platform for students from the New England School of Communications in digital audio, sound mixing, set design and construction, lighting, acting and electronics. For more information, visit GracieTheatre.com
For more than 100 years, Husson University has prepared future leaders to handle the challenges of tomorrow through innovative undergraduate and graduate degrees. With a commitment to delivering affordable classroom, online and experiential learning opportunities, Husson University has come to represent superior value in higher education. Our Bangor campus and off-campus satellite education centers in Southern Maine, Wells and Northern Maine provide advanced knowledge in business; health and education; pharmacy studies; science and humanities; as well as communication. In addition, Husson University has a robust adult learning program. For more information about educational opportunities that can lead to personal and professional success, visit Husson.edu.
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