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.
Unfortunately the movie A Crime on the Bayou is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Nancy Buirski | Director |
| Production | John Legend | Executive Producer |
| Production | Regina K. Scully | Executive Producer |
| Production | Geralyn White Dreyfous | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nancy Buirski | Producer |
| Production | Susan Margolin | Producer |
| Production | Claire L. Chandler | Producer |
| Production | Sam Pollard | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Laurens Grant | Consulting Producer |
| Camera | Rex Miller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Anthony Ripoli | Editor |
| Production | Harlene Freezer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jamie Wolf | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ty Stiklorius | Executive Producer |
| Production | Amy Tiemann | Executive Producer |
| Production | Austyn Biggers | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jules Horowitz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Felicia Horowitz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mike Jackson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Brenda J. Robinson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mark Trustin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jay Alix | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Una Jackman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Writing | Nancy Buirski | Writer |