The “See Me” series introduced the Ken Burns 2012 documentary “The Central Park Five” about the wrong convictions of five teenager Black and Latino boys over the rape and assault of a white Central Park female jogger back in 1989.
Southeast Missouri State University’s Department of Mass Media will host a panel discussion as part of the second annual ‘See Me’ Series.<br/><br/>The panel discussion will focus on Ken Burns’ 2012 documentary “The Central Park Five” which chronicles the story of five teenagers of color who were wrongfully imprisoned for a rape that occurred in Central Park in 1989. This is the second installment of the series, which is designed to bring explorations of and conversations about diverse creative media work to the Southeast campus. <br/><br/>Panelists include Dr. Hamner Hill, professor in the Department of Political Science, Philosophy, and Religion; Dr. Joseph Jefferson, director of Jazz Studies and associate professor of trombone/euphonium; Jowairia Khalid, senior multimedia journalism major; and Kennedy Hanner, senior public relations major. The event will be moderated by Jasmine Evans, an instructor with the Department of Mass Media and faculty advi