"Taylor’s legacy can be seen in the women speaking up now about sexual harassment of all kinds, most recently Alabama women who on the surface have little in common with a poor black sharecropper from decades ago."
..."I would just say just make your film and don’t let anybody tell you no. I’d also would advise them to look at the best work out there. Look at the films that help you solve your problems, be inspired by them." - Nancy Buirski
...Listen to a stunning interview with "The Rape of Recy Taylor" director Nancy Buirski with Stan West, a roving culture reporter for 1490 AM.From the director of of the highly-acclaimed "The Loving Story" comes another dramatic tale of racial conflict. In 1944, six young White men raped 24-year-old mother Recy Taylor in Alabama. Rather than stay silent, Taylor spoke up against her attackers. With the help of the NAACP and chief investigator Rosa Parks, Taylor waged a battle for justice that is powerfully brought to life through archival footage....
The Museum of Modern ArtEvery year there are films that resonate far beyond a theatrical release—if they manage to find their way to a commercial screen at all—or film festival appearance. Their significance can be attributed to a variety of factors, from structure to subject matter to language, but these films are united in their lasting impact on the cinematic art form. For this annual series, the Department of Film combs through major studio releases and the top film festivals in the world, selecting influential, innovative films made in the past 12 months that we believe will stand the test of time. Whether bound for awards glory or destined to become a cult classic, each of these films is a contender for lasting historical significance, and any true cinephile will want to catch them on the big screen.Organized by the Department of Film....
"The Rape of Recy Taylor is one of the timeliest films to screen during the Chicago International Film Festival"
..."It's an ugly truth that needs to be told-- and, it was told beautifully. This film will erupt a plethora of emotions: sadness, empathy and anger. But it will also enlighten by bringing notice to an atrocious crime that is all too common."
..."This powerful documentary, which screened at the Venice Film Festival and New York Film Festival, is aiming for the Oscars next."
..."Another important NYFF doc was award-winning documentarian Nancy Buirski's The Rape of Recy Taylor, about the World War II-era gang rape of a young African-American mother who bravely took on a fight for justice that became a key event early in the Civil Rights movement."
..."Recy Taylor’s story ended in stalemate, but America, Alabama, and the Taylor family are better off for Buirski’s telling it so many decades later. The film opens our eyes not just to one wrong but the greater system of wrongs that made it possible—a system whose ramifications we still live with today."
..."The justice system failing women, and especially women of color, is not (to put it mildly) solely a historical concern, so there’s a particular urgency to this tough but essential documentary by Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story), about the assault, trial, and fallout of the 1944 rape of a 24-year-old African-American wife and mother in Abbeville, Alabama."
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