Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has announced that her Netflix limited series on the Central Park Five case has been titled "When They See Us". The four-part show is based on the case of five teenagers of colour who were wrongly convicted for the rape of a jogger in 1989.

When they are exonerated after 25 years, they sued the city for their time in prison. The series was previously titled "The Central Park Five" and DuVernay said the new title "embraces the humanity of the men and not their politicized moniker", according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series will debut on Netflix on May 31.