Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now

The interview skills of Oprah was very mediocre on here, almost childish. All she kept doing is asking 11 year old type questions and saying mmhmm, ok. Didn't even really need the cast on their, only the real Central Park 5. Seeing them on stage, it becomes even more apparent of how the system messed them up mentally. Oprah interview gets a negative 8, Ava's presence a negative 4, the movie cast a negative 2, but the real individuals brings it up to a score of 4.

I understand this show is about the exonerated five and the huge ordeal they endured. However, I missed one question that I believed is also not developed in the series: what happened to the jogger? how does she live now? has she ever met them? what's her position on the justice system?

Also, in my opinion they wanted to talk to too many people in a short time, and the result is not great.

I get it that reviewers are annoyed at the soft-ball questioning from Oprah. Move on. To listen to these five men, in their own words, is incredibly powerful and moving, largely because it's uncut and unedited. Only one of them is 'media ready', which makes it all the harder hitting. And the most powerful of all is the controlled invective toward Fairstein herself and the investigators she controlled. The system in America is built to capture the most vulnerable (and dangerous, to be fair) in society and keep them out of society, is the biggest takeaway. The lack of a second chance through institutionalised criminalisation removes hope. Without hope, what do you have?

This special interviews the people of the production WHEN THEY SEE US but also interviews the five men at the centre of this important series. It is heartbreaking and, hopefully, can serve as a bridge of understanding as to how circumstance and perspective can pervert justice. {Interview}

F the haters, they don't sjit! They had only asked short and sweet questions to respectful let them have their say and let the world hear their voice. Not Oprahs or Avas, it was about them.