The Rape of Recy Taylor
She spoke up
20191h 31mNo ratings yet
- History
- Documentary
Overview
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.
Keywords
- alabama
- racism
- 1940s
- woman director
- rape
- southern usa
- sexual assault
- jim crow laws
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 30, 2019
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Augusta Films,Artemis Rising,Matador Films,Transform Films,Augusta Films, Transform Films, Artemis Rising, Matador Films
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt6116682