Release Date
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Original Release
May 30, 2019
1h 31m
The Rape of Recy Taylor (2019)
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Overview
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 Parksâ intimate role in Recy Taylorâs story.
Director
Nancy Buirski
Department: Directing
âPopularity: 1.7
Cast
Tommy Bernardi
Billy Howerton
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Cynthia Erivo
Rosa Parks
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Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
Augusta FilmsTransform Films
Artemis RisingMatador Films
