When a Witness Recants

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When a Witness Recants is a 2026 American documentary film directed and produced by Dawn Porter, and executive produced by author Ta-Nehisi Coates. Based on a 2021 New Yorker article by Jennifer Gonnerman, the film examines the wrongful convictions of Andrew Stewart, Ransom Watkins, and Alfred Chestnut—known as the Harlem Park Three—who were convicted as teenagers and spent 36 years in prison for the 1983 murder of 14-year-old DeWitt Duckett at Harlem Park Junior High in Baltimore, a crime they did not commit. The film premiered in the Premieres section of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2026, and is distributed by HBO Documentary Films.

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