The Rape of Recy Taylor

She spoke up

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.

Cast

Tommy Bernardi

Billy Howerton

Cynthia Erivo

Rosa Parks

Crew

Amy Tiemann

Executive Producer

Claire L. Chandler

Producer

Mark Trustin

Executive Producer

Nancy Buirski

Director

Nancy Buirski

Writer

Barbara Dobkin

Executive Producer

Bobby Kondrat

Executive Producer

Jack Turner

Executive Producer

Regina K. Scully

Executive Producer

Geralyn White Dreyfous

Executive Producer

Clips & Videos

The Rape of Recy Taylor - Official Trailer