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A police interrogation company is suing director Ava DuVernay and Netflix over a scene on the streaming service’s miniseries on the Central Park Five case, When They See Us. John E. Reid & Associates is known for creating and popularizing the “Reid Technique,” a controversial police interrogation method that critics say produces false confessions. The federal […]
A Chicago-based youth organization continues to face backlash over photos of its white president cutting off teenagers’ dreadlocks. Sally Hazelgrove, the founder of the Crushers Club, captioned one of the images: “And another Crusher let me cut his dreads off! It’s symbolic of change and their desire for a better life!” Perhaps Jay-Z, Meek Mill, […]
Darkseid will be featured in DC‘s upcoming New Gods film, according to director Ava DuVernay. The intergalactic Big Bad hasn’t made an appearance in the DC movie universe, in spite of his outsized status in the actual comics. DuVernay said that changes with her, thanks in part to a script co-written by DuVernay and recent […]
In Ava DuVernay‘s When They See Us, the miniseries shows how the judicial system robbed five young men of their freedom. Yet, when answering a fan question on Twitter, DuVernay revealed that the time behind bars took more than many realized. In the series, Korey Wise makes the decision to bail on his date with girlfriend […]
The lead prosecutor of the Central Park Jogger case has resigned from Columbia Law School, amid renewed scrutiny over her involvement in the 1989 case. Elizabeth Lederer announced her decision in a statement shared by Columbia Law School Dean Law Gillian Lester. Lederer worked part-time at the university as an adjunct faculty member and lecturer in law. “I’ve enjoyed my years […]
Ava DuVernay’s powerful Netflix miniseries When They See Us chronicles the wrongful conviction of the Central Park Five in 1989, and the actions taken by prosecutors and local figureheads to frame the five black and brown teens for a crime they didn’t commit. In a recent interview with Shadow and Act, three of the five men—Korey Wise, Yusef Salaam, […]
Linda Fairstein, the now infamous prosecutor in the Central Park Five case, didn’t want to participate in the Netflix series When They See Us if the five accused men—Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, and Kharey Wise—were also being consulted, one of the show’s producers alleges. When They See Us executive producer Jane Rosenthal claims her team and Fairstein exchanged a […]
While I hope everyone has gotten a chance to watch Ava DuVernay‘s powerful miniseries on the Central Park Five, When They See Us, I can understand if you haven’t. In the week since it’s dropped, many have tried to watch and found it to be too intense to take in one sitting. The fact that this […]
Michael B. Jordan introduced the Central Park Five by telling a familiar story to anyone growing up black in America. “It’s dangerous in America when you’re living in a black body,” Michael B. Jordan said during an ACLU of Southern California event. The 32-year-old actor spoke these words as he presented the Central Park Five […]
Netflix has provided another glimpse at When They See Us, an Ava DuVernay-directed project about the notorious Central Park Five case. The limited series is based on the true story of five Harlem teenagers who where wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in 1989. Broken up into four parts, When They See Us will chronicle the legal battle […]
