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A Crime on the Bayou (2021)
Directed by Nancy Buirski
Documentary, Crime · 1h 31m
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, police burst into Duncan’s trailer and arrest him for assault on a minor. A young Jewish attorney, Richard Sobol, leaves his prestigious D.C. firm to volunteer in New Orleans. With his help, Duncan bravely stands up to a racist legal system powered by a white supremacist boss to challenge his unfair arrest. Their fight goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and their lifelong friendship is forged.
Crew
- Director
- Nancy Buirski
- Writer
- Nancy Buirski
- Director of Photography
- Rex Miller
- Editor
- Anthony Ripoli
- Producer
- Nancy Buirski, Susan Margolin, Claire L. Chandler
Details
- Release date
- 2021-06-18
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Augusta Films, Get Lifted Film Co., Artemis Rising, Shout! Studios