Rustin (2023)

[Marty McFourth]

Release Date: November 17, 2023

Cast

• Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin
• Chris Rock as Roy Wilkins
• Glynn Turman as A. Philip Randolph
• Aml Ameen as Martin Luther King Jr.
• CCH Pounder as Anna Arnold Hedgeman
• Michael Potts as Cleveland Robinson
• Jeffrey Wright as Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
• Audra McDonald as Ella Baker
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Mahalia Jackson
• Bill Irwin as A. J. Muste
• Gus Halper as Tom
• Johnny Ramey as Elias
• Lilli Kay
• Jordan-Amanda Hall
• Jakeem Powell
• Grantham Coleman
• Jamilah Rosemond
• Jules Latimer
• Maxwell Whittington-Cooper
• Frank Harts
• Kevin Mambo
• Cotter Smith
• Carra Patterson as Coretta Scott King
• Adrienne Warren as Claudia Taylor
• Ayana Workman

Synopsis: Bayard Rustin, advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., dedicates his life to the quest for racial equality, human rights and worldwide democracy. However, as an openly gay Black man, he is all but erased from the civil rights movement he helped build.

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