'Rustin' Trailer: Colman Domingo Brings March on Washington Architect Back to Life in Netflix Biopic
etonline.com. Directed by Tony and DGA Award winner George C. Wolfe, the Netflix film stars Emmy winner Colman Domingo as the queer Civil Rights activist who served as one of the main architects behind the August 1963 March on Washington.
The teaser's debut marks the 60th anniversary of the demonstration, which is best known for culminating in Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous «I Have a Dream» speech.
Rustin marched alongside MLK, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Ella Baker, and promoted non-violent protests. As the film's teaser shows, many saw the former president of the A.
Philip Randolph Institute — a civil rights organization in New York City — as a controversial figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, largely because he was an openly gay man during a turbulent time.
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