When They See Us, Ava DuVernay's Harrowing Netflix Series Is as Vital as Ever
It's been a year since When They See Us premiered, and the Netflix series remains an unnerving but important story — and one that deserves to be revisited. Ava DuVernay's gripping limited series tells the true story of the five teens of color, ranging in age from 14 to 16 years old, who were wrongfully convicted of the rape and assault of a white woman in 1989. Across four installments, the Netflix drama illustrates in nauseating detail how police coerced Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, Raymond Santana, and Kevin Richardson — originally dubbed the Central Park Five but now known as the Exonerated Five — into providing false statements.