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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.
Original Release
06/18/2021
US Release
06/18/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Gary Duncan | Self |
Richard Sobol | |
Lolis Eric Elie | Self |
Robert A. Collins | Self |
Armand Derfner | Self |
Shea Boatswain | voice of Bert Grant |
Julian Bones | Bernard St. Ann |
Camari Brown | voice of Lolis Elie |
Isaac J. Conner | Richard Sobol |
Tom Gibbs | voice of Mr. John Dowling |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gary Duncan | Self |
Richard Sobol | |
Lolis Eric Elie | Self |
Robert A. Collins | Self |
Armand Derfner | Self |
Shea Boatswain | voice of Bert Grant |
Julian Bones | Bernard St. Ann |
Camari Brown | voice of Lolis Elie |
Isaac J. Conner | Richard Sobol |
Tom Gibbs | voice of Mr. John Dowling |
Quentin Hudspeth | voice of Mr. Darryl Bubrig |
Skeeta Jenkins | voice of Gary Duncan |
Ken Petrie | voice of Sidney Provensal |
Kasim Rana | voice of Herman M. Landry |
Alexander Walk | Wayne Scarabin |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jay Alix | Executive Producer |
Rickey Austyn Biggers | Executive Producer |
Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
Harlene Freezer | Executive Producer |
Derrick Harkins | Executive Producer |
Felicia Horowitz | Executive Producer |
Jules Horowitz | Executive Producer |
Una Jackman | Executive Producer |
Mike Jackson | Executive Producer |
John Legend | Executive Producer |
Brenda Robinson | Executive Producer |
Regina K. Scully | Executive Producer |
Ty Stiklorius | Executive Producer |
Amy Tiemann | Executive Producer |
Mark Trustin | Executive Producer |
Jamie Wolf | Executive Producer |
Daniel J. Chalfen | Producer |
Claire L. Chandler | Producer |
Susan Margolin | Producer |
Vanessa Martino | Producer |
Sam Pollard | Producer |
Hannah Shepard | Producer |
Zach Fuller | Producer |