Film to play at Tarble

Staff Report

“The Central Park Five” will be played for free in the Tarble Arts Center Atrium beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The film follows the story of the five black and Latino teen boys in New York City who were wrongfully convicted of the rape of a woman in Central Park. 

After the boys had served sentences ranging from six to 13 years in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime and they were exonerated.

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