The audience at the Afrikana Independent Film Festival gives a standing ovation last Saturday to Raymond Santana, center, after the screening of the documentary “The Central Park Five.” Mr. Santana, who was exonerated in the case after spending five years in prison, talked about his experience following the film. He is embraced by Todd Waldo, adviser for the film festival, while moderator Zoe Spencer, a sociology professor at Virginia State University, looks on.
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Exonerated Five member stresses importance of knowing your rights in face of police questioning
As the credits rolled, the audience of more than 200 people fell silent with astonishment and anger after viewing “The Central Park Five,” a documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon about the 1989 case in which four African-American teens and a Puerto Rican teen were wrongfully convicted in the brutal assault and rape of a white investment banker as she jogged in New York’s Central Park.
