Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now Pt. 1
This special podcast episode features conversations with\xa0When They See Us\xa0creator, co-writer and director Ava DuVernay together with the talented cast of the four-part docu-drama from Netflix. Since its release on May 31st, Netflix says\xa0When They See Us\xa0has been the most-watched series on the\xa0platform. Based on a true story,\xa0When They See Us\xa0is an historical account of the five teenagers wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in Central Park in 1989. The four-part series focuses on the young men \u2013 Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise \u2013 who were sentenced between five and 15 years in prison and juvenile detention centers. In 2002, all five men were exonerated of their crimes after DNA evidence and a confession from the lone attacker, Matias Reyes, proved their innocence. Vanity Fair said, \u201cBut even the most eloquent and evocative documentaries don\u2019t involve the viewer as deeply as a brilliant acting performance, the kind that DuVernay gets from Jharrel Jerome (as Korey Wise), Marquis Rodriguez (Raymond Santana), Ethan Herisse (Yusef Salaam), Asante Blackk (Kevin Richardson) and Caleel Harris (Antron McCray). Empathy springs from the tiny emotional inflections that make it all so agonizingly real.\u201d\xa0In the second episode, Oprah speaks with the real-life exonerated five.