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Ken Burns' The Central Park Five documentary is proof that When They See Us got the story right
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Burns' 2012 Peabody-winning PBS documentary on the five youths accused of raping a jogger in Central Park, which is currently available on Amazon Prime Video, is nearly identical to the Ava DuVernay's Netflix series depiction. "But as far as I can tell, no one accused this documentary of telling a false story," says Anna Menta, noting how prosecutor Linda Fairstein has declared the Netflix series to be full of lies.
TOPICS: When They See Us, Netflix, The Central Park Five, Ava DuVernay, Ken Burns, Linda Fairstein, Documentaries
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