Netflix's 'When They See Us,' Ava DuVernay's Central Park Five series, is a harrowing call to action
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© 2019 NBC NEWS.COMAva DuVernay’s four-part Netflix series “When They See Us,” about the so-called Central Park Five, forces Americans to consider that not all horror stories are fictional. In a country where young black boys and men have been routinely sacrificed to feed the awful beast of racism, the story of wrongfully convicted Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana Jr., Antron McCray and Korey Wise (formerly Kharey Wise), who ranged from ages 14 to 16 when they were arrested, is not an unfamiliar one. Within that context, DuVernay’s dose of corrective history is even more compelling.Abandoning Hollywood’s white savior trope, DuVernay boldly forces viewers to visually and often viscerally walk in the footsteps of that night’s other victims.From the beginning, the acclaimed filmmaker, whom the men themselves handpicked to tell their story via tweet, veers from familiar territory.
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