Gary Duncan – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

A CRIME IN THE BAYOU – Review by Martha K Baker

June 16, 2021June 18, 2021 Martha K. Baker A Crime on the Bayou, civil rights, documentaries, Gary Duncan, Leander Perez, Lolis Earle, nancy buirski, Richard Sobol

A Crime on the Bayou is a defining documentary, excellent and exhilarating. The place: the Bayou of Louisiana. The time: the Sixties. The Crime: one boy touching another to stop a fight. Because the touching was effected by a black teenager, the attempted deterent turned into a federal case that with ancillary cases that re-defined the Constitution.

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A CRIME ON THE BAYOU – Review by Lois Alter Mark

June 9, 2021June 13, 2021 Lois Alter Mark A Crime on the Bayou, civil rights, documentaries, Gary Duncan, Leander Perez, Lolis Earle, nancy buirski, Richard Sobol

Nancy Buirski’s must-see documentary focuses on an incident that happened in 1966 but is, infuriatingly, still timely and relevant and makes it clear that rallying together and acting as advocates for each other is the only way change will happen. It also makes it clear that the system is not broken; it’s working exactly the way it was intended to – and that’s the problem.