Crime on the Bayou
A topical and gripping look at race in mid-century New Orleans...rarely has a film felt so essential.
A Crime on the Bayou
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 Duncan and Sobol’s lifelong friendship is forged.
Genre
Documentary,
Justice,
History,
African-American Experience,
Women and Film
Web Site
Runtime
90
Language
English
Director
Nancy Buirski
Played at
Playhouse 7 6.18.21 - 6.24.21
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