The Rape of Recy Taylor
6.8
“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.
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Nancy Buirski Director · Rex Miller Cinematographer Anthony Ripoli Editor
United States release June 23, 2020 · Produced in United States · Production Transform Films, Artemis Rising
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Augusta Films
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Transform Films
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Artemis Rising
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Matador Films
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
Italy · September 6, 2017
Premiere
United States · June 23, 2020
Portugal
May 30, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 3, 2018 · Physical
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