The Rape of Recy Taylor (2019)

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.

Release Date : May 30, 2019

Runtime : 1h 31m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Augusta Films, Transform Films, Artemis Rising, Matador Films

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : rape, southern usa, alabama, racism, woman director, sexual assault, 1940s, jim crow laws