Take sneak peek at "Central Park Five" documentary, 6:45 pm April 11

The National Press Club presents an advance screening of award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ latest project, "The Central Park Five," at 6:45 p.m. April 11.

The screening and discussion will be a prelude to Burns' appearance at National Press Club Luncheon on April 12.

Doors open at 6:30 pm and the documentary will begin at 6:45 pm followed by questions and answers with the filmmakers, Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, and two of the Central Park Five.

Tickets are free for Club members and $5 for non-members. Tickets for the event are available by clicking here.

The film, which premieres at 9 p.m. April 16 on PBS, tells the story of five black and Hispanic Harlem teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989.

The brutal sexual assault of a white jogger in the late 1980s sparked a media frenzy and public demand for justice that led to the conviction of the five black and Latino teenagers, despite DNA evidence that excluded them and no eyewitness accounts tying them to the crime. A serial rapist later admitted to the crime, but not before the so-called Central Park Five served sentences of between six and 13 years.

"The Central Park Five" is an anatomy of wrongful conviction. Through interviews with the Central Park Five, former New York mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins and journalists who covered the event, the film documents how the forces of the police, the press and popular prejudice conspired to undermine the rights of five young men—and condemned them to years in prison for a crime they did not commit.

For more information about the film and to watch the trailer click here.