Sixty years after the history-making March on Washington, the world is finally learning the truth behind the man responsible for bringing together 200,000 people to fight for equality: Bayard Rustin. The march still marks the largest organized peaceful protest to ever take place in history. While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was used as the […]
Michelle and Barack Obama joined dozens of talented filmmakers and activists in Washington D.C. to celebrate the opening night screening of Rustin. The Obamas, who served as executive producers of the film, raved about the production and paid tribute to Bayard Rustin at the HBCU First Look Film Festival on Friday. Rustin, an openly gay […]
Bayard Rustin probably isn’t the first name that comes to mind when you think of the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was a key organizer behind the movement, but his presence as an openly gay Black man was seen largely as a liability and a threat to progress. Now, 60 years after the 1963 March […]
Executive produced by Higher Ground’s Barack and Michelle Obama, RUSTIN will shine a long-overdue spotlight on the life and legacy of Omega Psi Phi brother and HBCU grad Bayard Rustin. Rustin’s life was one of unwavering dedication to the civil rights movement. The film, which releases on Netflix on November 17 will explore his pivotal […]
Netflix shows more of Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in the latest trailer for Rustin, as well as new key image art. Domingo takes on the role Rustin, of the architect of the March on Washington who also served as Martin Luther King Jr.’s right-hand man. Also, as a gay Black man, Rustin also served […]