The Rape of Recy Taylor (2017) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2017 · 91 min · English

Echo score 70

Loading streaming availability…

Directed by

Nancy Buirski

Starring

Cynthia Erivo, Tom Gibbs, Alma Daniels, Crystal Feimster, Danielle L. McGuire, Esther Cooper Jackson

In the Jim Crow South, this documentary tells the harrowing story of Recy Taylor, a young black woman who endured a brutal sexual assault. The film explores her fight for justice and the resistance of black women confronting violence, despite facing danger and oppression. Recy’s case drew the attention of Rosa Parks and an NAACP investigator, highlighting their quiet efforts to achieve justice and ultimately contributing to the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement a decade later.