When a Witness Recants

2026 112 min DocumentaryAnimation

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When A Witness Recants explores Ta-Nehisi Coates' journey as he investigates a pivotal case from 1983 where three young Baltimore boys were wrongly convicted of murder. The story reveals the devastating consequences for these innocent victims and those who testified against them—showing how a witness's recantation can lead to justice, shedding light on the systemic injustices that often plague criminal justice systems worldwide.