Rustin

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Legend
OCOpen Captioned
Special Content
35mm
SFSensory Friendly

Rustin

WITH A PRE-RECORDED INTRODUCTION FROM BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA.

The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, and never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he desired. And he did not back down. He made history, and in turn, he was forgotten. Directed by DGA Award and five-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe and starring Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo, Rustin shines a long overdue spotlight on the extraordinary man who, alongside giants like the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Ella Baker, dared to imagine a different world, and inspired a movement in a march toward freedom.

"Wolfe has made an admiring but nuanced feature that doesn’t aim for biopic completism or cause-and-effect formula."
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
"Rustin is an important story well told, with an outstanding must-see lead performance."
Andy Howell, Film Threat


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