In anticipation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, Bullfrog Communities is proud to present major award-winning new release A CRIME ON THE BAYOU for virtual and in-person community and campus-wide screenings. A CRIME ON THE BAYOU speaks directly to many of the issues in front of us — White Supremacy, individual bravery, the rule of law, and democracy.

In 1966, young Black fisherman Gary Duncan tries to break up a fight between white and Black teenagers outside a newly integrated school in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. During the confrontation, he touches one of the white teens on the arm. That night, police arrest 19-year-old Duncan for assault on a minor.

In Washington, DC, a young Jewish attorney named Richard Sobol leaves a prestigious law firm to offer his legal services in New Orleans as a volunteer for the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee. With Sobol's help, Duncan confronts a racist Louisiana legal system—manipulated by segregationist and de facto Parish boss Leander Perez—to challenge his unfair arrest. A CRIME ON THE BAYOU chronicles their legal fight as it goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in the process enshrines the Constitutional right to a jury trial at the state level.

A CRIME ON THE BAYOU is the latest film from director Nancy Buirski (Academy Award Shortlisted The Loving Story).

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