The Rape of Recy Taylor
“She spoke up”
2019•1h 31m•7.7•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Nancy Buirski
Writer
Nancy Buirski
Languages
English
Studio
Augusta Films
Cast
Tommy Bernardi
Billy Howerton
Cynthia Erivo
Rosa Parks
Production
Company
Augusta Films
Company
Transform Films
Company
Artemis Rising
Company
Matador Films
Producer
Claire L. Chandler
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