Ava Duvernay is adapting the story the Central Park Five for Netflix. The multihyphenate, currently one of the most in-demand talents in film and television, has signed on to write and direct a five-part miniseries about the notorious case of five young black men wrongly convicted of a brutal rape that took place in Manhattan's famous park during the spring of 1989.
For DuVernay, it's her second project at Netflix after 2016's Oscar-nominated documentary feature 13th — which focused on the criminal justice system, private prisons and the mass incarceration of black men in America.
"I had an extraordinary experience...
For DuVernay, it's her second project at Netflix after 2016's Oscar-nominated documentary feature 13th — which focused on the criminal justice system, private prisons and the mass incarceration of black men in America.
"I had an extraordinary experience...
- 7/6/2017
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - TV News
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