NETFLIX WORLD PREMIERE OF ​ W H E N T H E Y S E E U S ​ ​AT THE APOLLO THEATER (17 images)

When They See Us, airing on Netflix May 31, 2019, will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park
Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The four part limited series will focus on the
five teenagers from Harlem Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise.
Beginning in the spring of 1989, when the teenagers were first questioned about the incident, the
series will span 25 years,...
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When They See Us, airing on Netflix May 31, 2019, will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park
Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The four part limited series will focus on the
five teenagers from Harlem Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise.
Beginning in the spring of 1989, when the teenagers were first questioned about the incident, the
series will span 25 years, highlighting their exoneration in 2002 and the settlement reached with the city of New York in 2014.
When They See Us was created by Ava DuVernay, who also co-wrote and directed the four parts.
Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King from Participant Media, Oprah Winfrey from Harpo Films, and Jane
Rosenthal, Berry Welsh and Robert De Niro from Tribeca Productions executive produced the limited
series alongside DuVernay through her banner, Array FilmWorks
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