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The Rape of Recy Taylor
April 11, 2018 @ 6:00 am PDT
“Its voices… are gentle and persuasive, using the horrific details of the rape and its aftermath as ballast to stabilize a heart-wrenching history of systemic injustice.”- NY Times
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. As was common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. Our film exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story. An attempted rape against Parks was but one inspiration for her ongoing work to find justice for countless women like Taylor. The 1955 bus boycott was an end result, not a beginning.
Post-film discussion with CARE: Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education. 1hr 31min
Watch trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyC7yHeFVZY