The Rape of Recy Taylor

"She spoke up"Movie
Audience Score
78
The Rape of Recy Taylor
StarringTommy BernardiCynthia Erivo
DirectorNancy Buirski
WriterNancy Buirski
NR 1 hr 31 minDocumentary
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Plot
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice. The film exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story.

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Mark Trustin, Amy Tiemann, Regina K. Scully, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Barbara Dobkin, Bobby Kondrat, Jack Turner
Production Companies:Augusta Films, Transform Films, Artemis Rising, Matador Films
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