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Ava DuVernay's 'When They See Us' Wins Emmy for Casting

Ava DuVernay's 'When They See Us' Wins Emmy for Casting

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Sep 19, 2019
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s four-part Netflix series, “When They See Us,” won its first Emmy for Outstanding Movie/Limited Series Casting.

The series, which earned 16 Emmy nominations, recounts the story of the Central Park Five, the five teenage boys who were wrongly accused of sexually assaulting a Central Park jogger in 1989. Kevin Richardson, Antron McC…

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