In 1983, author Ta-Nehisi Coates learned that a 14-year-old boy was murdered in his Baltimore middle school. Upon revisiting the case decades later, he uncovers the truth: Three innocent teenagers were wrongfully convicted, ultimately spending 36 years in prison.
Acclaimed documentarian Dawn Porter (Luther: Never Too Much) investigates the confluence of media frenzy and corruption that allowed this miscarriage of justice, facilitated by the coercion of black children to testify against their peers. The riveting film goes on to explore the impact on not only these innocent incarcerated men but also their accusers and the community at large, culminatingâfollowing their long-delayed exonerationâin a tremendously insightful sense of reflection on the consequences for all that can never be undone.
âWrenching, illuminating and full of heart.â â The Hollywood Reporter