Taylor’s brave stand is the focus of “The Rape of Recy Taylor,” a documentary to be shown Wednesday, March 21, at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.
...Interview with director Nancy Buirski.
...Recy Taylor is finally getting the attention she deserved.
...There was no justice, no recourse for her aunt, who stood up anyway. Her quiet presence at the State of the Union address will speak volumes today.
...Bonnie Watson Coleman’s office has ordered two hundred red pins in honor of Recy Taylor, who was kidnapped and raped by six white men, in 1944.
...Oprah Winfrey discusses with AP her visit to Mrs. Recy Taylor's grave....
In a speech celebrating the #MeToo movement at the Golden Globes on Jan. 7, Oprah Winfrey highlighted the story of Recy Taylor, a black woman raped by six white men in 1944. On Saturday, director Nancy Buirski came to the Whitney Humanities Center for a screening of her documentary about Taylor’s experiences.
..."We only move forward when it doesn’t cost us anything,” she said. “But I’m here today saying that no one and nothing can be great unless it costs you something."
...Actress Viola Davis speaks of her own experience of sexual abuse at the Women's March in Los Angeles.Recy Taylor invoked by Viola Davis...
A powerful film on the legacy of physical abuse of black women and Rosa Parks' intimate role in Recy Taylor's story!
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 7:30PM at Isabel Bader Theatre
Tickets on sale now at TorontoBlackFilm.com