Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor In “Rustin,” producer and director George C. Wolfe turns the spotlight on Bayard Rustin, a lesser-known contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr.
The film reunites Wolfe with his “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” star Colman Domingo, who plays the gay Civil Rights leader as he prepares for the 1963 March on Washington. “Rustin” hits theaters Nov.
3 prior to streaming on Netflix on Nov. 17. • I’m embarrassed to admit I’d never heard the name Bayard Rustin before your film.
How did his story come to your attention? Nobody knew this story, and that’s the crime. I think I heard about him in passing in college.
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