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  1. The Rape of Recy Taylor: Directed by Nancy Buirski. With Cynthia Erivo, Recy Taylor, Robert Corbitt, Alma Daniels. Mrs. Recy Taylor was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama.

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    • Documentary, History
    • Nancy Buirski
    • 2017-12-15
  2. 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 ...

  3. Dec 8, 2017 · 1 h 31 m. SummaryThe Rape of Recy Taylor is the epic story of sexual violence in Jim Crow South. It is the little-known story of courageous black women who waged war to take back their bodies and their dignity, and whose vocal protests helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement 10 years later. Boldly speaking up against her rapists and putting ...

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    • Nancy Buirski
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  4. Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. A common occurrence in the Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who instead bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks to Alabama, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice ...

  5. May 25, 2018 · The Rape of Recy Taylor will be available to view in selected UK cinemas from the 25 May. ... Racism. Feminism. Movies. Films. Film reviews. Movie reviews. Features. Share this article. undefined ...

  6. Dec 8, 2017 · 91 minutes ‧ 2017. Matt Zoller Seitz. December 8, 2017. 4 min read. Nancy Buirski ’s documentary “The Rape of Recy Taylor” is a heartfelt work on a powerful subject: the rape of a black woman in Abbeville, Alabama in 1944 by a group of white men, a crime that disappeared into the larger history of the south for racial reasons.

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  8. Dec 1, 2018 · The Rape of Recy Taylor conveys a powerful lesson about sexual violence, white supremacy, and the courage of a woman and her family, determined but unable to obtain justice. The film also provides an opening to encourage deeper exploration into the long and intertwined histories of civil rights protest, black and interracial radicalism, and black women's still-unfinished struggle to define ...

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