Overview
A Crime on the Bayou is the story of Gary Duncan, a Black teenager from Plaquemines Parish, a swampy strip of land south of New Orleans. In 1966, Duncan tries to break up an argument between white and Black teenagers outside a newly integrated school. He gently lays his hand on a white boy’s arm. The boy recoils like a snake. That night, police burst into Duncan’s trailer and arrest him for assault on a minor. A young Jewish attorney, Richard Sobol, leaves his prestigious D.C. firm to volunteer in New Orleans. With his help, Duncan bravely stands up to a racist legal system powered by a white supremacist boss to challenge his unfair arrest. Their fight goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and their lifelong friendship is forged.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 18, 2021
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Director
- Nancy Buirski
- Writer
- Nancy Buirski
- Producer
- Ty Stiklorius,Geralyn White Dreyfous,Harlene Freezer,Claire L. Chandler,Nancy Buirski,Amy Tiemann,Jamie Wolf,Austyn Biggers,Felicia Horowitz,Jules Horowitz,Susan Margolin,Brenda Robinson,Regina K. Scully,Mark Trustin,John Legend,Mike Jackson
- Cinematography
- Rex Miller
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- View on IMDb