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Rustin (2023)

PG-13 11/03/2023 Drama, History 1h 48m
66%
User
Score
6.5/10
83%
68/100

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Overview

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.

George C. Wolfe

Director

Julian Breece

Story

Dustin Lance Black

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo

Bayard Rustin

Aml Ameen

Aml Ameen

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

A. Philip Randolph

Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Roy Wilkins

Gus Halper

Gus Halper

Tom

Johnny Ramey

Johnny Ramey

Elias Taylor

CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Dr. Anna Hedgeman

Michael Potts

Michael Potts

Cleve Robinson

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Ella Baker

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Media

Colman Domingo joins Lena Waithe and Cynthia Erivo - In Conversation

Colman Domingo joins Lena Waithe and Cynthia Erivo - In Conversation

Creating the Look

Creating the Look

Colman Domingo and the ensemble cast of Rustin

Colman Domingo and the ensemble cast of Rustin

Branford Marsalis scores Rustin

Branford Marsalis scores Rustin

Rustin director George C. Wolfe, actors Colman Domingo and Aml Ameen talk to David Olusoga | BFI Q&A

Rustin director George C. Wolfe, actors Colman Domingo and Aml Ameen talk to David Olusoga | BFI Q&A

Colman Domingo - The Roles That Changed My Life

Colman Domingo - The Roles That Changed My Life

'Rustin' with filmmakers | Academy Conversations

'Rustin' with filmmakers | Academy Conversations

TIFF 2023 - George C. Wolfe and Colman Domingo Honour Unsung Heroes in Rustin

TIFF 2023 - George C. Wolfe and Colman Domingo Honour Unsung Heroes in Rustin

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

TIFF 2023 Q&A with George C. Wolfe, Bruce Cohen, Tonia Davis, Branford Marsalis

TIFF 2023 Q&A with George C. Wolfe, Bruce Cohen, Tonia Davis, Branford Marsalis

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Reviews

A review by Brent Marchant

Written on November 19, 2023

Unsung heroes often don’t get their day. Fortunately, however, for civil rights activist Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo), principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, he’s finally getting his due in this new biopic about the many challenges he faced in bringing this event into being. The flamboyant, outspoken, Black gay organizer faced much opposition to his proposal, including, surprisingly enough, from an African-American community that was apprehensive about the message his appointment and presence would send to a still-reluctant public in its support for equal rights measures, including such noteworthy figures as NAACP leader Roy Wilkins (Chris Rock) and Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (Jeffrey Wright). Things were even tense at times between Rustin and his longtime frie...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on November 23, 2023

Colman Domingo is pretty good as the eponymous, gay, civil rights organiser who not only had the problems of his colour, but of his fairly open sexuality to deal with as he tries to organise a massive march to the American Capitol. The goal of the march is to keep the pressure on the Kennedy administration's promises to end segregation - but there are plenty from within his own camp who would happily do without Bayard Rustin. I knew nothing about this man, and Domingo's energetic and charismatic performance goes some way to demonstrating just how hard he worked to fight internal squabbles - largely with Chris Rock's Roy Wilkins and Jeffrey Wright's Congressman Powell - as well as raise cash, galvanise the teams securing everything from tables to buses, and deal with the Washington authorit...

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