Rustin
As a gay Black man, Bayard Rustin is all but erased from the civil rights movement he helped build.
Cast & Crew
Colman Domingo Bayard Rustin
Chris Rock Roy Wilkins
Glynn Turman A. Philip Randolph
Audra McDonald Ella Baker
Lilli Kay Rachelle
CCH Pounder Dr. Anna Hedgeman
Jeffrey Wright Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
Da'Vine Joy Randolph Mahalia Jackson
George C. Wolfe Director
Branford Marsalis Original Music
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Matt Roush says...
Fear the Walking Dead’s Colman Domingo, an Emmy winner (as guest actor on Euphoria) and Tony nominee, could add an Oscar accolade to his resumé for his outstanding performance as civil-rights pioneer Bayard Rustin, an architect of the historic March on Washington in 1963. That event is the focus of director George C. Wolfe’s historical drama, enlivened by Domingo’s fiery, funny and passionate charisma as a confidante and friend to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Aml Ameen) whose homosexuality created barriers to Rustin getting the renown he deserved. This film, co-starring Chris Rock as skeptical NAACP chief Roy Wilkins and Glynn Turman as union leader and Rustin fan A. Philip Randolph, could help reverse that injustice.
