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The Rape of Recy Taylor
Directed by
Nancy Buirski
Not Rated
2017
1h 31m
Documentary
,
History
6.7
95%
64%
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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.
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Cast of The Rape of Recy Taylor
Tommy Bernardi
Billy Howerton
Cynthia Erivo
Rosa Parks
The Rape of Recy Taylor Ratings & Reviews
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
What's onscreen here is often so very busy that The Rape of Recy Taylor turns into a parody of a certain mindset in American documentary filmmaking.
IndieWire
Kate Erbland
Buirski's weaving together of material is most impactful in these mid-feature scenes, unspooling a rich and horrifying world that goes far beyond just Taylor's experiences.
Black Girl Nerds
Valerie Complex
The problem lies in the execution and artistic vision of the director, which makes this film nearly impossible to watch in one sitting.
The Playlist
Kimber Myers
Like last year's "13th" and "I Am Not Your Negro," this documentary centers on the past, but its pertinence to today's culture is striking - and utterly devastating.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Planting a flag firmly at the intersection of patriarchy, sexism and white supremacy, "The Rape of Recy Taylor" is a documentary of multiple layers and marvelous gumption.
Village Voice
Daphne Howland
The film is a haunting, damning unpacking of history that also reminds us how little progress we've made.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Essential viewing, not least for its emphasis on the crucial role of women in the civil-rights movement ...
Variety
Jessica Kiang
In the highly charged political and social environment of today's America and today's Alabama, the bald facts of this case, however they are communicated, remain acutely provocative.
Los Angeles Times
Justin Chang
A welcome, stirring tribute to black female resilience through the ages.
Hello Beautiful
Candice Frederick
The Rape of Recy Taylor puts our voices back into the conversation and reminds audiences of our value in the movement.
Chicago Reader
Fred Camper
Some stories are so important that they can overcome a documentary maker's poor cinematic choices.
RogerEbert.com
Scout Tafoya
Everything about The Rape of Recy Taylor aims to stay with you, to present the ugly history as something that cannot be scrubbed from the chambers of our memory.
Shadow and Act
Aramide Tinubu
The film moves quickly. The eerie race film footage and music like Dinah Washington's "This Bitter Earth" tie together giving the documentary a tone that is prevalent in horror films.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
With lucidity and deep feeling, Nancy Buirski's documentary maps an ugly trail of injustice and then widens its lens to pay tribute to the women of color whose refusal to be silent helped drive the evolution of the Civil Rights movement.
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
An intelligent, incisive documentary that illustrates how events in that small town in 1944 still matter today, The Rape Of Recy Taylor deserves a wide audience.
The Film Stage
Jared Mobarak
This country still facilitates the erasure of women. It still treats them like they're invisible. And that's why Recy's story is so important.
The Nation
Stuart Klawans
The result is a striking hybrid: at once impressionistic and argumentative, focused on individuals but also alert to the role, frequently unheralded, that women played in the civil-rights movement. Not to be missed.
Washington City Paper
Tricia Olszewski
The Rape of Recy Taylor combines archival footage, home movies, and "race films" along with current interviews to tell Taylor's story, which director Nancy Buirski broadens into a larger discussion about gender and race.
FF2 Media
Nora Lee Mandel
Forceful family interviews, immersive location visits, letters, testimony and articles from Afr-Am papers bring you into 1944 Alabama night...supported by NAACP's Rosa Parks.
Film Journal International
Maria Garcia
Nancy Buirski's excellent and timely documentary presents the legacy of one courageous black woman.
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