The Rape of Recy Taylor
The Rape of Recy Taylor

The Rape of Recy Taylor

May 30, 2019 | 91 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Tommy Bernardi

Naomi Scott

Cynthia Erivo

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