TIMOTHY

Three generations of a working-class family are falsely accused of raping and murdering multiple women over the course of two decades. When their teenage son becomes the next target, they must fight back against the institutions that threaten to destroy them all.

According to the FBI, and then local and national media, Timothy Da’Shaun Taylor and his father Shaun kidnapped 19yo Brittanee Drexel, gang-raped her with a group of men, and planned to “trick her out” for pay in 2009. None of that was true. Timothy spent a year in jail related to the investigation without ever being charged. He and Shaun were presented as murderous villains on national television. Their family received death threats for over a decade. They lost their jobs and were ostracized by their community. And Drexel was the third woman the Taylor family had been falsely accused of kidnapping, murdering, and/or raping since 2001. They served jail time for each but were always exonerated. Now in production, this independent documentary feature film gets to the root of a complicated American story: A Black family tormented for over a decade by law enforcement, media, and the public. Examining how the public and institutions create and contribute to damaging false narratives, and exposing the profound psychological tolls of being misjudged, dehumanized, and discarded.

Co-Producer/Co-Director | JASON GOURDINE

Co-Producer/Co-Director/Editor | BRAD JAYNE