The official trailer for Ava DuVernay's upcoming four-part miniseries about the Central Park 5 on Netflix, When They See Us, was released today. This comes on the same day as the 30th anniversary of the rape of Trisha Meili, the white jogger who was at the center of the controversial New York case.
DuVernay, who co-wrote and directed the series, released a statement on Friday (April 19), which read, "In 1989, five black and brown teen boys were wrongly accused of a crime they did not commit and branded The Central Park Five, a moniker that has followed them since that time. In 2019, our series gives the five men a platform to finally raise their voices and tell their full stories.
"In doing so, Korey, Antron, Raymond, Kevin and Yusef also tell the story of many young people of color unjustly ensnared in the criminal justice system. We wanted to reflect this perspective in our title, embracing the humanity of the men and not their politicized moniker."
The series will follow the five men from the day they were falsely convicted by the media and the courts through their exoneration in 2002 to 2014 when the case was finally overturned and their names were cleared.
