On the dark of April 19 , 1989 , white investiture banker Trisha Meili was attacked and raped while jogging through Central Park . Thecasemade global newspaper headline , particularly after five African - American teenagers who came to be known as theCentral Park Fivewere nail andconvictedof the crime , despite a want of grounds . ( They each confessed to being there , but all have insisted those admissions were coerced . )
The convictions were vacated in 2002 after Matias Reyes , a serial rapist serve a life sentence , confess to being the perpetrator . Yet the type remains one of the most controversial in American account . Now , more than 30 years after the attack occur , When They See Us , Oscar - put up movie maker Ava DuVernay ’s circumscribed serial depict the offense and those postulate in it , has become Netflix ’s biggest hitting .
The streaming weapons platform twitch thatWhen They See Ushas been the most - watched series every sidereal day in the U.S. since its May 31 premiere . Luciferhad previouslyheld that deed .
The serial even out - performed the newest season ofBlack Mirror , including one newly drop episode featuringMiley Cyrus . Netflix declined to expound further on how it tabulate the viewer datum , which is n’t surprising give how hush - hush the company is with such information .
As with all retellings , DuVernay ’s four - part series has create some controversy of its own . Eric Reynolds , a former NYPD policeman who hold two of the Central Park Five , spoketo CNN about what he deem some glaring inaccuracies in the show . While the show claims the five criminate nipper were sometimes interrogate without their parent present , Reynolds enjoin that the adolescent ’s parents were with them throughout their interrogations , and that prosecutor Linda Fairstein was not at the precinct when the investigating lead off . “ All you need to do is look at the videos , " Reynolds said .
When They See Uscurrentlyholdsa 95 pct fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes , and some predict it will be Netflix ’s first Emmy winnings for well serial . Despite legion nominations for series likeHouse of Cards , The Crown , Orange Is the New Black , Stranger Things , Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt , andMaster of None , the streaming internet has never need home the top prize for Outstanding Series in either the drama or comedy categories .
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