Movie #1738 "When They See Us" is a powerful documentary on the Central Park Five kids who were railroaded into confessing to beating up and raping a jogger in Central Park after being questioned for hours and hours with no food or breaks. The film is divided into 4 parts. Part I concerned the arrest and interrogation and coerced confessions of these 5 kids (2 were fourteen, 2 were fifteen, and the 5th was sixteen years old and eventually sent to Attica). Part II took place mostly in the courtroom, Part III shows the struggle these kids went through in the prison and the homecoming for Raymond, Kevin, Antron, and Yusef . And Part IV (the worst one to watch, for me) follows Korey, the oldest one who is in the adult penal system, who has to ask to be in solitary just so he isn't beaten to death every day in the prison --- it is so hard to watch. But if you make it through that part of the story, you will be rewarded (somewhat) by an uplifting ending when the kids find out that someone has confessed to the crime that the kids paid several years of their lives for. What a story and what a beautifully done film It is filmed beautifully, the acting is amazing (so many are nominated for emmy's to be given out in September, ,and the show was quite enlightening to watch. I highly recommend it and give it 5 stars out of 5. (this suitable is not recommended for kids under 17)
Creator: Ava DuVernay
Cast: Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Jharrel Jerome, Marquis Rodriguez, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, Justin Cunningham, Freddy Miyares, Michael Kenneth Williams, Marcha Stephanie Blake, Kylie Burbury, Aunjanue Ellis, Vera Farmiga, Felicity Huffman, John Leguizamo, Nice Nash.
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