Film for Thought: The Rape of Recy Taylor

Showings

Studio Theater Wed, Mar 7, 2018 6:30 PM
INFORMATION
Rating:Unrated
Run Time:1h 31min
Release Year:2017
Genre:Documentary
Category:Film for Thought
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CAST/CREW
Cast:Tommy Bernardi
Robert Corbitt
Alma Daniels
Cynthia Erivo
Crystal Feimster
Tom Gibbs
Esther Cooper Jackson
James Johnson II
Jack Kyser
Danielle L. Mcguire
Director:Nancy Buirski

Description

In 1944, African-American wife and mother Recy Taylor is gang raped by seven young white men in Alabama. Unbroken, she speaks out against her attachers with the help of Rosa Parks and a legion of women, putting herself and her family in danger.