*Featuring a new original song, “My Path” written & performed by Raphael Saadiq.*
A poignant yet inspiring true story about allyship, justice and how groups of activists from disparate backgrounds have worked together in the quest to dismantle institutional racism
A Crime On The Bayou – In Select Theaters – June 18, 2021
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.
Written & Directed by: Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story, The Rape of Recy Taylor)
Executive Produced by: Mike Jackson, John Legend, Ty Stiklorius and Austyn Biggers
of Get Lifted Film Co.
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