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The Rape of Recy Taylor

Documentary

2019, Movie, 1h 31min

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.

Country: United States

Director:

Nancy Buirski

Cast:

Cynthia Erivo,

Tommy Bernardi

Reviews

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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Buirski’s vigorous and wide-ranging film draws on the various modes of expression and protest that the Recy Taylor case brought into focus...

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Joyce Slaton

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...hearing Taylor's story in her own words (...) and in the words of others with important things to say about race, racism, and crime, is a compelling, if upsetting, experience -- though ultimately an uplifting one.

Read full review at Common Sense Media

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In 1944 Alabama, Recy Taylor, a young black mother and sharecropper, was brutally gang-raped by six white men. Her courageous decision to identify her attackers sparked an unprecedented movement for justice, led by none other than Rosa Parks. The film sheds light on the long-silenced stories of physical abuse against black women and reveals the unsung heroism of Recy Taylor and Rosa Parks in their fight for justice.

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