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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary The Rape of Recy Taylor is the epic story of sexual violence in Jim Crow South. It is the little-known story of courageous black women who waged war to take back their bodies and their dignity, and whose vocal protests helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement 10 years later. Boldly speaking up against her rapists and putting her life and...

Directed By: Nancy Buirski

Written By: Danielle L. McGuire

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • The Orchard
  • 1 h 31 m

The Rape of Recy Taylor

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary The Rape of Recy Taylor is the epic story of sexual violence in Jim Crow South. It is the little-known story of courageous black women who waged war to take back their bodies and their dignity, and whose vocal protests helped inspire the Civil Rights Movement 10 years later. Boldly speaking up against her rapists and putting her life and...

Directed By: Nancy Buirski

Written By: Danielle L. McGuire

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
73
70% Positive
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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30% Mixed
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90
Dec 14, 2017
The miracle, though, is that the movie isn’t a diatribe. 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.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
83
Dec 7, 2017
As awful as the events of 1944 were for her, there’s ultimately hope in her story in how it fueled a movement and continues to inspire and push people today.
By Kimber Myers FULL REVIEW
83
The Rape of Recy Taylor works as both artifact and indictment.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 7, 2017
An enquiry into the brutal rape of a black woman in 1944 Alabama broadens into an alternative, female-gaze civil rights documentary in Nancy Buirski’s latest.
By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 7, 2017
Truths this scalding and plain-spoken need no such embellishment to be heard.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
58
Dec 7, 2017
Whatever issues I have with the final construction don’t alter the reality that Recy Taylor’s story must be told and seen.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 8, 2017
This is all fascinating stuff. But you pretty quickly get the sense that Buirski either doesn't find it interesting enough to let it stand on its own or else is afraid audiences will rebel against too many bare-bones elements.
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW

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8.0
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Production Company Artemis Rising Productions, Augusta Films
Release Date Dec 8, 2017
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline The hidden, epic story of sexual violence in the Jim Crow South, when courageous black women fight to take back their bodies and their dignity. Recy Taylor, gang raped in 1944 speaks up when danger is greatest, powering the coming Civil Rights Movement.
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 1 Nomination

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