The Rape of Recy Taylor

The Rape of Recy Taylor 2019 Released

Directed by Nancy Buirski

Documentary · 91 min

 

The Rape of Recy Taylor 2019 Released

Directed by Nancy Buirski

Documentary · 91 min

 

She spoke up

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... see more

She spoke up

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... see more

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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
May 30, 2019
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
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REVENUE
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