When a Witness Recants

Name: When a Witness Recants
Genre: Documentary, Animation
Released: 2026-10-30
Duration: 112 min

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Release Date

10/30/2026

Runtime

112 mins

Genres

Documentary Animation

Overview

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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Released

Original Language

English

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A haunting investigation into how a child's death and false accusations shaped the lives of an entire community across four decades. The film moves between documentary evidence and animated sequences to piece together a story of how institutional failure cascades through families and neighborhoods.