🎬 Documentary, Animation

When a Witness Recants

2026 1h 52m Dir. Dawn Porter

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In 1983, author Ta-Nehisi Coates learned that a 14-year-old boy was murdered in his Baltimore middle school. Upon revisiting the case, he uncovers the truth: Three innocent teenagers were wrongfully convicted and spent 36 years in prison — creating a lasting impact on the accused, the witnesses, and their community.

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Year
2026
Runtime
1h 52m
Genre
Documentary, Animation
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Language
EN
🎭 Documentary 🎭 Animation 🎬 Dawn Porter
middle school wrongful conviction 1980s innocent in jail middle schoolers

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When a Witness Recants has a runtime of 1h 52m (1 hour and 52 minutes).
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