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The Rape of Recy Taylor
Description
A documentary movie takes a deep look in the unfortunate incident of raping Mrs. Recy Taylor, an African-American woman from Abbeville. On September 3, 1944, Taylor was kidnapped while leaving church and gang-raped by six white men. It's a struggling story fighting for justice.
A documentary movie takes a deep look in the unfortunate incident of raping Mrs. Recy Taylor, an African-American woman from Abbeville. On September 3, 1944, Taylor was kidnapped while leaving church and gang-raped by six white men. It's a struggling story fighting for justice.
Actors:
Jack Kyser,
Robert Corbitt,
Tom Gibbs,
Danielle L. McGuire,
Esther Cooper Jackson,
Tommy Bernardi,
Alma Daniels,
James Johnson II,
John L. Payne,
Recy Taylor,
Crystal Feimster,
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Jack Kyser
Robert Corbitt
Tom Gibbs
Danielle L. McGuire
Esther Cooper Jackson
Tommy Bernardi
Alma Daniels
James Johnson II
John L. Payne
Recy Taylor
Crystal Feimster
Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Nancy Buirski
Country:
United States
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May 25, 2018
Very much of the Me Too moment, this uneven but important documentary exists to give a voice to the voiceless, in this case the "staggering" number of black women raped by white men throughout US history.
December 13, 2017
The film is a haunting, damning unpacking of history that also reminds us how little progress we've made.
December 07, 2017
A welcome, stirring tribute to black female resilience through the ages.
May 24, 2018
A prescient and important film about the civil rights movement and one woman's fight for justice, which is told honestly and respectfully.
May 31, 2018
The Rape of Recy Taylor shines another damning spotlight on the appalling legacy of slavery. Yet the film itself never quite gets to grips with how to tell Taylor's story in a way that's simultaneously sensitive, cinematic and journalistically rigorous.
December 14, 2017
Planting a flag firmly at the intersection of patriarchy, sexism and white supremacy, "The Rape of Recy Taylor" is a documentary of multiple layers and marvelous gumption.
December 11, 2017
Essential viewing, not least for its emphasis on the crucial role of women in the civil-rights movement ...
May 27, 2018
The subject matter is harrowing enough without extra strings.
May 23, 2018
[Director Nancy] Buirski's documentary acknowledges [Recy Taylor's] role in a bigger story.
December 08, 2017
What's onscreen here is often so very busy that The Rape of Recy Taylor turns into a parody of a certain mindset in American documentary filmmaking.
May 24, 2018
[A] harrowing and very instructive documentary...
December 09, 2017
In the highly charged political and social environment of today's America and today's Alabama, the bald facts of this case, however they are communicated, remain acutely provocative.

