The Central Park Five Analysis

The Central Park Five The Central Park Five is a documentary that tells the story of five teenage boys who were accused of brutally raping, and beating a woman in New York City's Central Park. The five boys accused are Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray, and Korey Wise. This film contains many opinions from journalists and reporters who provide a deeper understanding of why these five victims were innocent. The filmmakers convince me through the use of pathos, ethos, logos that there was no way these five young teenagers could have done this. In one of the very first scene in this documentary it opens with an inscription on the screen that has the date April 18, 1989, and says on this night a jogger was found beaten and raped in New York City’s Central Park, and the names of those who were convicted of the crime with a moonlit background with trees over it. Afterwards, another inscription appears that says Antron McCray chose to only have his voice recorded in the documentary to protect his privacy, and the New York police department choose not to comment. The voice of Matias Reyes begins playing, and he goes on to say he saw the jogger in the park , and then he hit her with a tree branch continues to describe …show more content…
Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Antron McCray, and Korey Wise all play important roles by giving viewers a deeper understanding of why they were innocent, and victims of police brutality. Using the director of the film who is very respected in his work by actually including those affected by what happened in the documentary too; furthermore, the five gentlemen provides a deeper understanding of what happened on the night of April 19, 1989. Viewers should know that after viewing this documentary Kevin, Yusef, Raymond, Antron, and Korey did not commit this