Filmmaker Nancy Buirski (The Loving Story, The Rape of Recy Taylor) tells the story of a lasting bond formed between an unjustly arrested Black man, Gary Duncan, and Richard Sobol, his young Jewish attorney. In 1966, 19-year-old Duncan faces the white supremacist court system in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, for daring to touch a white boy’s arm. Standing united, the pair takes Duncan’s case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to fight for the rights of all Americans to a fair trial.

A Crime on the Bayou

Learn the true story from 1966, Louisiana, about an unjustly arrested black teenager and his Jewish attorney who stood before the Supreme Court in a fight for the American rights to a free trial.

Director Nancy Buirski discusses her film A Crime on the Bayou in a recording of our live event on July 13.

Q+A with Nancy Buirski

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The Carole Zabar Center for Film presents previews and special engagements of films on topics that are relevant and important to our community. These include movies on subjects such as social justice, history, current and political happenings, and other matters of interest to Jewish and NYC viewers.

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