Nancy Buirski
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Crime
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.
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| Homepage | http://acrimeonthebayou.com |
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| Release Date | 2021-06-18 |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Directors | Nancy Buirski, Rex Miller |
| Producers | John Legend, Regina K. Scully, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Nancy Buirski, Susan Margolin, Claire L. Chandler, Sam Pollard, Laurens Grant, Harlene Freezer, Jamie Wolf, Ty Stiklorius, Amy Tiemann, Austyn Biggers, Jules Horowitz, Felicia Horowitz, Mike Jackson, Brenda J. Robinson, Mark Trustin, Jay Alix, Una Jackman |
| Writer | Nancy Buirski |
