The Rape of Recy Taylor

The Rape of Recy Taylor

91 mins | Documentary, History | May 30, 2019

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.

The Rape of Recy Taylor

91 mins | Documentary, History | May 30, 2019

The Rape of Recy Taylor
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Matador Films, Artemis Rising, Transform Films, Augusta Films
Original title The Rape of Recy Taylor
Directors Nancy Buirski
Writers Nancy Buirski

Cast

Tommy Bernardi

as Billy Howerton

Cynthia Erivo

as Rosa Parks