A CRIME ON THE BAYOU

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A CRIME ON THE BAYOU

USA, 2020, 72 min

Director: Nancy Buirski

Producers: Nancy Buirski, Claire L. Chandler, Susan Margolin

Editor: Anthony Ripoli

Cinematographer: Rex Miller

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Gary Duncan, a young Black teenager bravely challenges Leander Perez, the cigar puffing political boss in Plaquemines Parish, the most powerful white supremacist in 1960s Louisiana. With the help of Richard Sobol, a young Jewish attorney, systemic racism meets its match in courtroom battles that go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nancy Buirski founded the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in 1998 and directed it for 10 years. She made her first documentary in 2011, The Loving Story, which won an Emmy. She went on to produce the feature version of the documentary, Loving, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2017. She also made Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq, By Sidney Lumet and The Rape of Recy Taylor, which was awarded the Human Rights prize at the Venice International Film Festival.

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