DocumentaryYear2017Duration1h 31mIMDb6.7

The Rape of Recy Taylor

DocumentaryHistory

Mrs. Recy Taylor was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Unbroken, she spoke up and fought for justice with help from Rosa Parks and legions of women.

Trailer

Cast

Nancy Buirski

Director

Cynthia Erivo

Self - Rosa Parks

RT

Recy Taylor

Self

RC

Robert Corbitt

Self

AD

Alma Daniels

Self

CF

Crystal Feimster

Self

EC

Esther Cooper Jackson

Self

DL

Danielle L. McGuire

Self

JJ

James Johnson II

Self

CM

Chris Money

Self

John L. Payne

Self

John L. Payne

Self - John O. Harris

Jack Kyser

Self - Dillard York

Jack Kyser

Self - Willie Joe Culpepper

TG

Tom Gibbs

Self - Luther Lee

TG

Tom Gibbs

Self - Herbert Lovett

Tommy Bernardi

Self - Billy Howerton

Tommy Bernardi

Self - Hugo Wilson

Nancy Buirski

Writer

DL

Danielle L. McGuire

Writer

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Comments

10 Comments

SarkodieMay 29, 2023

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Mariame PouaouaNov 22, 2022

This was probably a good movie. However I could only understand about every other word

Ángel 🫠Nov 22, 2022

The content is heavy, dark, violent and disgusting, but it's the history that this country would prefer not be told. Great work. Sad that even today, people want to protect their own even in wrong doing by dismissing gang rape as randy good old boy behavior.

Julien Dimitri RigonNov 22, 2022

The story of Recy Taylor is a harsh reality that needs to be brought to light. Sadly this documentary errs on the busy side, with an ominous churning soundtrack throughout that , at times, has two types of music going on at once. The images are often rapidly switched with transitions that don't give sufficient breathing time and even the story itself seemed insufficient in the eyes of the filmmakers to stand on its own. It's a necessary story and a difficult truth but it could have used a more effective treatment through this medium.

People SmileNov 22, 2022

This was not done well. This is a powerfull true story that could have enlighten millions. Its a shame they didn't even try to make it better.

Mbalenhle MavimbelaNov 22, 2022

I saw this documentary here in Sweden and feel with all my heart about the story of Recy Taylor and also of her family. I just wish it could be devoted to this woman who suffered injustice for her whole life. My sincere love goes out to her and the family and the courage they show to tell their story. I would have given this a 10 if it wasn't twisted to a sort of LGBTQ tone and actually taken away the respect for the people involved.

Angellinio Leo-PolorNov 22, 2022

To rate this movie as less than 10, is a true disservice to the integrity and importance of this movie's content. What happened to Recy was terrible and a shame. Therefore, we cannot continue to behave imperviously or continue in a dumb stupor just because TRUTH makes us feel a little uncomfortable. Thank you.

mzz LoisNov 22, 2022

This is quite a slow, considered documentary on the rape of Recy Taylor using old race films, photographs, footage and evocative music to convey the times. It starts well enough, although at times it it completely overshadowed by the music (Dinah Washington' achingly haunting, This Bitter Earth) and the arty reconstructions distract. It's uneven and Recy Taylor's story is devastating enough without the documentary halfway veering into a discourse about black women's activism by some preachy white feminist scholar. Reframing the narrative through a modern perspective is more often that not, unfaithful to history. One of the most powerful images that I took away was Recy Taylor's father having to spend nights in a tree with a shotgun to guard his family after they'd gone public about the rape. It's a harrowing story but it isn't handled very well. I don't recall if they mentioned the similar gang rape of Betty Jean Owens. fifteen years later, and the different outcome, but they should have.

NtombeeeeNov 22, 2022

I agree that we do need more of these movies, but this one miss the point. Maybe I am wrong, but as a white woman I strongly believe that is ESSENTIAL that these movies should be made ENTIRELY by black people. The movies is confusing, jumping from the story of Recy Taylor, to the autobiography of Rosa Park, which is already a well-known pillar of the African American right movements. The continuous jumping back and forth in between Rosa and Recy takes away from the horror, and we need to UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE the horror. Also, the story is about a woman and HER FAMILY victimized both physically and mentally by the Justice system. It's too much to take in, to hear the tearing stories of the rapists' relatives describing them as just kids fooling around, or even worse war vet with purple hearts. It's also unacceptable to hear a white woman (despite how much she wants to help) saying that the Civil Right Movement "abandoned" Recy after the Second Grand Jury fail to convict. What was excruciating and marvelously done, was the agony and complete sense of despair her father suffered. It almost reflected the saying: when there's no hope , there's nothing.

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