The Rape of Recy Taylor
2019·Movie·1h 31m
Documentary
7.7 / 10 (9 votes)
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 and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story.
- Directed by
- Nancy Buirski
- Original language
- English
- Released
- 30 May 2019
Where to Watch
Availability in the US · Subtitle and audio track data
Cast
Tommy Bernardi
Billy Howerton
Cynthia Erivo
Rosa Parks