Colman Domingo Goes to Washington in Teaser Trailer for ‘Rustin’ Film

Colman Domingo Goes to Washington in Teaser Trailer for ‘Rustin’ Film

by Alex Billington
August 28, 2023
Source: YouTube

“A demonstration made up of angelic troublemakers, such as yourselves!” Netflix has revealed the first teaser trailer for the film Rustin, which is premiering at the Toronto Film Festival kicking off next week. It’s also likely to have its first premiere at the Telluride Film Festival later this week. The talented Colman Domingo stars in a powerful lead role as Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights activist who organized the famous 1963 March on Washington. It’s co-written by Dustin Lance Black, who also wrote the superb Milk, also about a gay politician, which won him the Oscar in 2009. Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known, but the world has also forgotten about him. Now is time to change that. Produced by Oscar-winner Bruce Cohen, Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis, and George C. Wolfe, the film features a huge cast: Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, CCH Pounder, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Johnny Ramey, Michael Potts, with Jeffrey Wright and Audra McDonald. This looks like it will be damn good! Joining the ranks of modern classics about Civil Rights in America like Selma and One Night in Miami. And Colman’s performance looks like one for the ages! I’ll be watching this.

Here’s the first teaser trailer (+ poster) for George C. Wolfe’s Rustin, direct from Netflix’s YouTube:

The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists & organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, 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 & five-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe and starring 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. Rustin is directed by the American writer / filmmaker George C. Wolfe, of the films Nights in Rodanthe, You’re Not You, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom previously. The screenplay is written by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black; story by Julian Breece. Produced by Bruce Cohen, Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis, George C. Wolfe. And exec produced by Higher Ground’s Barack & Michelle Obama, Mark R. Wright, Alex G. Scott, David Permut, Daniel Sladek, Chris Taaffe. This is premiering at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival. Netflix debuts Rustin in select US theaters on November 3rd, 2023, and streaming on Netflix starting November 17th.

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