Rustin

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

Cast

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo

as Bayard Rustin

Aml Ameen

Aml Ameen

as Martin Luther King, Jr.

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

as A. Philip Randolph

Chris Rock

Chris Rock

as Roy Wilkins

Gus Halper

Gus Halper

as Tom

Johnny Ramey

Johnny Ramey

as Elias Taylor

CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

as Dr. Anna Hedgeman

Michael Potts

Michael Potts

as Cleve Robinson

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

as Ella Baker

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell

Reviews

Brent Marchant

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 flam...

CinemaSerf

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 adminis...

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