Episode

Part One

by Julian Breece, Ava DuVernay, Angie Richardson, Kylie Bunbury, Linda Fairstein and 13 others

In the spring of 1989, five boys of color are arrested, interrogated and coerced into confessing to the vicious attack of a woman in Central Park.

(8 total)

Characters

Ava DuVernay (8)Julian Breece (8)Aunjanue Ellis (2)Bobby McCray (2)Sharon Salaam (2)Michael Kenneth Williams (2)Asante Blackk (1)Linda Fairstein (1)Detective Hartigan (1)Felicity Huffman (1)

“Kevin Richardson: Why are they doing us like this? Raymond Santana: What other way they ever do us?”

— Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece, Young Raymond Santana, Marquis Rodriguez, imdb.com

Tagged: unjust, unfair, Police, Corrupt

“I lied on you, man.”

— Julian Breece, Ava DuVernay, Kevin Richardson, Asante Blackk, imdb.com

Tagged: lied, dishonest

“You left a child unaccompanied by a guardian or a lawyer with these men in this room, for hours! Shame on you.”

— Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece, Sharon Salaam, Aunjanue Ellis, imdb.com

Tagged: horrible, Lawyer, Guardian, Room, Shame

“Linda Fairstein: Who do you think you are? Sharon Salaam: I'm his mother.”

— Julian Breece, Ava DuVernay, Sharon Salaam, Aunjanue Ellis, imdb.com

Tagged: mother, Protective

“When the police want what they want, they will do anything.”

— Julian Breece, Ava DuVernay, Bobby McCray, Michael Kenneth Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: Police, unjust, anything, Corrupt

“I'm trying to tell you what you need to do to get your ass up out of here.”

— Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece, Bobby McCray, Michael Kenneth Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: help, Life, Freedom

“You give something, you get something.”

— Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece, Detective Hartigan, Bruce MacVittie, imdb.com

Tagged: Something, Give, get

“This is an epidemic. We are not in control.”

— Julian Breece, Ava DuVernay, Linda Fairstein, Felicity Huffman, imdb.com

Tagged: Epidemic, Control, Fear