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186: 66: 25: 441:. The film and the book re-examine the 1989 case of the Central Park Five, and the wrongful convictions of five teenagers for the rape of the Central Park Jogger. In 2012, the City of New York filed a subpoena demanding the filmmakers and Florentine Films, the production company, provide interviews and footage not used in the film arguing the film was not documentary but advocacy. A judge later ruled in Burns's favor. 94: 824: 778: 437:
while working on an undergraduate thesis. The topic of the thesis was racism in media coverage of the Central Park Five. In 2011, Burns wrote the book
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of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
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Chicago International Film Festival; Audience Choice Award – Best Documentary Feature (Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon)
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In 2016, Burns produced and directed, along with David McMahon and Ken Burns, a two-part, four-hour series titled
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Black Reel Awards – Black Reel Award for Outstanding Documentary (Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon)
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Chicago Film Critics Association Award; Best Documentary (Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon)
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Black Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Documentary, (Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon)
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The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind One of New York City’s Most Infamous Crimes
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Critics Choice Award – Best Documentary Feature; (Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon)
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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
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which she co-produced and directed with her husband David McMahon and her father
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2012 – Best Non-Fiction film of 2012 by the New York Film Critics Circle
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Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry (Sarah Burns)
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2013 – Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
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Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
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2013 – Peabody Award, Alliance of Women Film Journalists
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The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding
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