The Little will screen The Rape of Recy Taylor (Nancy Buirski, U.S. 2017, 91 min.) followed by a panel discussion as part of the The Black Cinema Series.

Mrs. Recy Taylor was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Unbroken, she spoke up and fought for justice with help from Rosa Parks and legions of women. The hidden, epic story of sexual violence in the Jim Crow South, when courageous black women fight to take back their bodies and their dignity. Recy Taylor speaks up when danger is greatest, powering the coming Civil Rights Movement.

[source: Little Theatre calendar, 2018-Mar-5]