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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Director George C. Wolfe Reunites With Netflix On ‘Rustin’; The Obama’s Higher Ground Productions Producing

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Following the critical acclaim of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, George C. Wolfe and Netflix are reteaming as Wolfe has come on to direct Rustin for Netflix and President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.

Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black will pen the script. The story follows tells the story of charismatic, gay, civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who overcame an onslaughts of obstacles, and altered the course of American history by organizing the 1963 march on Washington.Higher Ground Productions’ Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis will produce along with Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen and Black.

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