Movie Info

A Crime on the Bayou

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.

• Genre: Documentary  

• Original Language: English

• Director: Nancy Buirski

• Producer: Nancy Buirski Claire L. Chandler Susan Margolin

• Writer: Nancy Buirski

• Release Date (Theaters): Jun 18, 2021 limited

• Release Date (Streaming): Aug 3, 2021

• Runtime: 1h 31m

• Distributor: Nancy Buirski

• Production Co: Artemis Rising Foundation Get Lifted Film Company Augusta Films

CAST & CREW

Nancy Buirski

Nancy Buirski

Nancy Buirski

Claire L. Chandler

Susan Margolin

John Legend