What's more, when the march does finally come around, the movie builds to a visual and emotional crescendo that never actually arrives. Rustin is no Selma; in fact, it's the anti-Selma. Where Ava DuVernay's King biopic similarly built its story around a single event (the Selma to ...
Yet the movie proves anything but a glum, stuffy portrait of a man marginalized for living his authentic self. Domingo’s spark blasts through the screen in the same way, you’d expect, Rustin’s indefatigability allowed him to enact change despite the myriad attempts to shut him do...
Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin planned the 1963 March on Washington and advised Martin Luther King Jr. Read about his life, the movie ‘Rustin,’ and more.
and I said that’s the thing about cinema that will make up for gaps in the history books. This movie is about this character who was incredibly significant but has somehow been marginalized throughout history, and the film brings him to light. It had to be a great pleasure to ...
Colman Domingo won a major pre-Oscars award for his performance in 'Sing Sing' ahead of Netflix's 'Rustin' movie, as he was named a 2023 TIFF Tribute Performer Award. Watch the new teaser trailer for 'Rustin' now.