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Fresh off his role in Director X‘s Super Fly remake, Michael K. Williams is joining Ava DuVernay‘s limited series, Central Park Five.
The two-time Emmy nominee will join Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo in the four-episode project debuting in 2019 on Netflix as Bobby McCray, the father of one of the teens implicated. Based on a true story, Central Park Five will chronicle the notorious case of five black teenagers, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. The series will span from the spring of 1989, when each was first questioned about the incident, to 2014 when they were exonerated, and a settlement was reached with the city of New York.
DuVernay is also behind a forthcoming Colin Kaepernick comedy.
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Our Favorite Looks From The 2018 Essence Festival
Our Favorite Looks From The 2018 Essence Festival
1. Queen Latifah, Robin Theade and Vivica Fox
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Source:Paras Griffin/WireImage 3 of 384. Joan Smalls
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 4 of 385. Angela Rye
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Source:Marianna Massey/Getty Images for SiriusXM 6 of 387. April Ryan
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 7 of 388. Kofi Siriobe
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 8 of 389. Regina Hall
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 9 of 3810. Niecy Nash
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 10 of 3811. Meek Mill and Lester Holt
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 11 of 3812. Iyanla Vanzant
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 12 of 3813. Bobby Brown
Source:Marianna Massey/Getty Images for SiriusXM 13 of 3814. Vivica A. Fox
Source:Bennett Raglin/Getty Images 14 of 3815. Tichina Arnold and Tisha Campbell Martin
Source:Peter Forest/Getty Images for HBO 15 of 3816. Issa Rae
Source:Peter Forest/Getty Images for HBO 16 of 3817. Lance Gross and Naturi Naughton
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 17 of 3818. Rotimi, Mack Wilds, Joseph Sikora
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 18 of 3819. Erica Campbell
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Source:Marianna Massey/Getty Images for SiriusXM 20 of 3821. Roxanne Shante
Source:Marianna Massey/Getty Images for SiriusXM 21 of 3822. Marsha Ambrosius
Source:Marianna Massey/Getty Images for SiriusXM 22 of 3823. MC Lyte
Source:Paras Griffin/WireImage 23 of 3824. Regina Belle
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 24 of 3825. LeToya Luckett
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 25 of 3826. Woody McClain and Gabrielle Dennis
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 26 of 3827. Major
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 27 of 3828. Ashanti
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 28 of 3829. David and Tamela Mann
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 29 of 3830. Ella Mai
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 30 of 3831. Regina King
Source:Johnny Nunez/WireImage 31 of 3832. Ledisi
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Source:Marianna Massey/Getty Images for SiriusXM 34 of 3835. Remy Ma
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 35 of 3836. Maxine Waters
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 36 of 3837. Lena Waithe
Source:Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence 37 of 3838. Robin Theade
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