A Crime on the Bayou (2020)
91 min
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.
- Release date
- June 18, 2021
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Gary Duncan as Self
- Richard Sobol
- Lolis Eric Elie as Self
- Robert A. Collins as Self
- Armand Derfner as Self
- Shea Boatswain as voice of Bert Grant
- Julian Bones as Bernard St. Ann
- Camari Brown as voice of Lolis Elie
- Isaac J. Conner as Richard Sobol
- Tom Gibbs as voice of Mr. John Dowling
Crew
- Nancy Buirski · Director
- Nancy Buirski · Writer
- Nancy Buirski · Producer
- Claire L. Chandler · Producer
- Susan Margolin · Producer
- Rex Miller · Cinematographer
- Anthony Ripoli · Editor