Very few figures have been as influential as Recy Taylor in the African American Civil Rights Movement. The abduction and brutal rape of this Black woman by six white men back in the 1940s, her decision to raise her voice against her attackers, and the miscarriage of justice are re-touched upon with assertiveness and sensitivity, revealing how painfully topical is this story. Interviews with people from her environment alter with race films snippets in a new anthem of emancipation.
The Rape of Recy Taylor
The Rape of Recy Taylor
20th TDF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Nancy Buirski
- Script: Nancy Buirski
- Cinematography: Blaire Johnson, Rex Miller, Steve Pearce
- Editing: Anthony Ripoli
- Sound: Giuseppe Cappello, Don Hooper, Keith McManus, Ryan King, Wes Morgan, Dan Timmons, Tony Volante
- Music: Meghan Currier, Milena Erke, Randall Poster, Rachel Sipser
- Production: Augusta Film
- Producers: Nancy Buirski, Claire L. Chandler, Beth Hubbard, Susan Margolin,
- Executive producer: Leah Culton, Barbara Dobkin, CarolAnne Dolan, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Derrick Harkins, Bobby Kondrat, Todd Lubin, Jay Peterson, Regina K. Scully, Nick Stuart, Amy Tiemann, Mark Trustin, Jack Turner
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color/B&W
- Production Country: USA
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 91'
- Contact: Wide House, festivals@widehouse.org
- Awards/Distinctions: Human Rights Film Network Award – Venice Film Festival 2017
Nancy Buirski
Filmography
2011 The Loving Story
2013 Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
2015 By Sidney Lumet
2017 The Rape of Recy Taylor