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  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Shout! Factory
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Shout! Factory
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary A Crime on the Bayou is the story of Gary Duncan, a Black teenager from Plaquemines Parish, a swampy strip of land south of New Orleans. In 1966, Duncan tries to break up an argument between white and Black teenagers outside a newly integrated school. He gently lays his hand on a white boy’s arm. The boy recoils like a snake. That night,...

Directed By: Nancy Buirski

Written By: Nancy Buirski

  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Shout! Factory
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2021
  • Not Rated
  • Shout! Factory
  • 1 h 31 m

A Crime on the Bayou

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Summary A Crime on the Bayou is the story of Gary Duncan, a Black teenager from Plaquemines Parish, a swampy strip of land south of New Orleans. In 1966, Duncan tries to break up an argument between white and Black teenagers outside a newly integrated school. He gently lays his hand on a white boy’s arm. The boy recoils like a snake. That night,...

Directed By: Nancy Buirski

Written By: Nancy Buirski

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100
Jun 18, 2021
Filmmaker Nancy Buirski has an elegant, judicious way of imparting the facts of the case, taking not just the political temperature of the moment (boiling) but finely sketching the character and minds of the people involved.
By Steven Boone FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 18, 2021
A Crime on the Bayou never explodes with fury. But that doesn’t mean you won’t feel enraged while taking in the maddening series of systematic wrongs committed against Sobol and Duncan.
By Robert Daniels FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 17, 2021
[An] engrossing, flavorful document.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 16, 2021
Rarely have New Orleanians looked so ugly, but given current events, rarely has a film felt so essential.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 17, 2021
in covering the repercussions of the branching cases, A Crime on the Bayou shows how superficially straightforward, courageous acts — like refusing to plead guilty unjustly or defending the unjustly accused — are hard.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 16, 2021
Choppily told but thoughtful and illuminating, writer-director Buirski’s latest film completes a trilogy about the civil rights era, begun with The Loving Story and The Rape of Recy Taylor, that showcases lesser-known warriors for civil rights.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Artemis Rising Foundation, Augusta Films, Get Lifted Film Company
Release Date Jun 18, 2021
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://shoutstudios.shoutfactory.com/a-crime-on-the-bayou/index.html#watch
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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 2 Nominations

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