A Crime on the Bayou

Name: A Crime on the Bayou
Genre: Documentary
Released: June 18, 2021
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Armand Derfner, Camari Brown, Gary Duncan, Isaac J. Conner, Julian Bones

2021

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Shout! Studios | Release Date: June 18, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Armand Derfner, Camari Brown, Gary Duncan, Isaac J. Conner, Julian Bones, Lolis Eric Elie, Richard Sobol, Robert A. Collins, Shea Boatswain, Tom Gibbs

Summary: 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,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 Duncan and Sobol’s lifelong friendship is forged.… Expand

Director: Nancy Buirski

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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RogerEbert.com Steven Boone

Jun 18, 2021

Filmmaker Nancy Buirski has an elegant, judicious way of imparting the facts of the case, taking not just the political temperature of the moment (boiling) but finely sketching the character and minds of the people involved. Read full review

Robert Daniels

Jun 18, 2021

A Crime on the Bayou never explodes with fury. But that doesn’t mean you won’t feel enraged while taking in the maddening series of systematic wrongs committed against Sobol and Duncan. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jun 17, 2021

[An] engrossing, flavorful document. Read full review

Mike Scott

Jun 16, 2021

Rarely have New Orleanians looked so ugly, but given current events, rarely has a film felt so essential. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jun 16, 2021

Choppily told but thoughtful and illuminating, writer-director Buirski’s latest film completes a trilogy about the civil rights era, begun with The Loving Story and The Rape of Recy Taylor, that showcases lesser-known warriors for civil rights. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jun 17, 2021

in covering the repercussions of the branching cases, A Crime on the Bayou shows how superficially straightforward, courageous acts — like refusing to plead guilty unjustly or defending the unjustly accused — are hard. Read full review

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