Nancy Buirski - A Crime on the Bayou

Writer-Director Nancy Buirski discusses with Jan Price her new documentary, “A Crime on the Bayou.” Critics call it, “infuriating and inspiring” – Reel News Daily, and “Thoughtful and illuminating” –The Hollywood Reporter. Opening in NYC, LA and Select Theaters Nationwide 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 their lifelong friendship is forged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.