A Crime on the Bayou

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Nancy Buirski
Production	Executive Producer	John Legend Regina K. Scully Geralyn White Dreyfous Harlene Freezer Jamie Wolf Ty Stiklorius Amy Tiemann Austyn Biggers Jules Horowitz Felicia Horowitz Mike Jackson Brenda J. Robinson Mark Trustin
	Producer	Nancy Buirski Susan Margolin Claire L. Chandler
	Consulting Producer	Sam Pollard Laurens Grant
	Co-Executive Producer	Jay Alix Una Jackman
Camera	Director of Photography	Rex Miller
Editing	Editor	Anthony Ripoli
Writing	Writer	Nancy Buirski
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