In 1944 Alabama, Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys. She spoke up at the time and identified her rapists. The NAACP sent Rosa Parks, their chief investigator, to look into the case, triggering an unprecedented outcry for justice.

After casting a compassionate gaze on interracial romance in The Loving Story, Nancy Buirski—who passed away this year—delved into the incredible history of a Black woman who spoke out against sexual violence in the Jim Crow era. Both devastating and soul-stirring, this is essential viewing.