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Dec 15, 2017 · The Rape of Recy Taylor: Directed by Nancy Buirski. With Cynthia Erivo, Recy Taylor, Robert Corbitt, Alma Daniels. Mrs. Recy Taylor was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Unbroken, she spoke up and fought for justice with help from Rosa Parks and legions of women.
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- Documentary, History
- Nancy Buirski
- 2017-12-15
Our film exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story. An attempted rape against Parks was but one inspiration for her ongoing work to find justice for countless women like Taylor.
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Dec 8, 2017 · Powered by JustWatch. Nancy Buirski ’s documentary “The Rape of Recy Taylor" is a heartfelt work on a powerful subject: the rape of a black woman in Abbeville, Alabama in 1944 by a group of white men, a crime that disappeared into the larger history of the south for racial reasons.
2018 · 1 hr 31 min. TV-14. Documentary · Crime. The 1944 gang rape of a Black wife and mother by six white boys triggered a courageous and unprecedented battle for justice in the Jim Crow South. Subtitles: English. Starring: Cynthia Erivo. Directed by: Nancy Buirski.
- Nancy Buirski
- January 1, 2018
- 91 min
The Rape of Recy Taylor. Recy Taylor, a black woman, bravely identified her white rapists in 1944 – a rarity in the Jim Crow South. The NAACP’s rape investigator, a woman named Rosa Parks, rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice. 251 IMDb 6.7 1 h 30 min 2017. X-Ray PG-13.
Oct 3, 2017 · Buirski’s film reconstructs events from 1944, when Recy Taylor, a twenty-four-year-old black woman in Abbeville, Alabama, was abducted on her way home from church by six white men who then...