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Rustin

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.

Director

George C. Wolfe

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

Higher Ground

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 67 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/81111528

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Bayard Rustin

Martin Luther King, Jr.

A. Philip Randolph

Roy Wilkins

Tom

Elias Taylor

Dr. Anna Hedgeman

Cleve Robinson

Ella Baker

Rep. Adam Clayton Powell

Rachelle

Charlene

Jordan-Amanda Hall

Norm

Eleanor

Blyden

Grantham Coleman

Dorie

Jamilah Rosemond

Joyce

John Lewis

Maxwell Whittington-Cooper

Jim Farmer

Whitney Young

Coretta Scott King

Carra Patterson

Mahalia Jackson

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Claudia Taylor

Adrienne Warren

A.J. Muste

Tyrone

Lucille Randolph

Girl One

Man One

Medgar Evers

Rashad Demond Edwards

Female Staffer

Male Staffer Jim

TN Mother

Johanna McGinley

TN Officer

Jeff Hochendoner

Dexter

Phoenix Southwood

Yolanda

Isabela Spurlock

Martin III

Courtney

Yvette

Chief Wells

Bill Johnson

Engineer One

March Journalist

March Journalist

March Journalist

Union Guy

Robert S. Gregory

TN Bus Driver

Little Stevie Wonder

Charles

Pasadena Boy #1

Pasadena Boy #2

Joachim Prinz

Rev. Eugene Carson Blake

Christopher Anglim

Walter Reuther

Floyd McKissick

Marlon Bradley Ray

Team Member

Team Member

Alexis Evangelista

Team Member

Team Member

Mario Latronica-Gerlach

Team Member

Team Member

Team Member

Team Member

Team Member

Janet K. Lawrence

Team Member

Corvynne Mikell

Team Member

Petite Black Girl

Little Rock White Girl

Emily H. Gilson

Little Rock White Girl

Little Rock White Girl

Little Black Girl

Lunch Counter Activist

Chanel Minnifield

Lunch Counter Activist

Zoë Bowen Smith

Lunch Counter Activist

Hunter Ringsmith

Hooligan

Alexander Ramirez

Hooligan

Declan Thomas Desmond

Hooligan

Taylor Isaac Gray

Hooligan

Teen Boy Singing

Jordan Aaron Hall

Teen Boy Singing

Teen Boy Singing

Teen Boy SInging

Teen Boy SInging

Teen Boy SInging

Gospel Pianist

Bar Patron

Grip

Matthew Bernard

DC March Volunteer

Protester

DC March Volunteer

Stephen Branson

Farmer 1

Andrè Robert Brown Jr.

Businessman

Daniel Buccigrossi

DC Marcher

NAACP Member

Charles D. Clark

DC Marcher

David Neil Cohen

Young Activist

Cab Driver

Marcher

Marcher

Young Professional

Michael J. Evans

Platform Visitor

Police Officer #1

Guardian

Union Representative

Marcher

Septimius the Great

Technician

Marcher

Anthony Gullotta

Wealthy Woman

Harlem Pedestrian

Allen Michael Harris

Marcher

DC Pedestrian

Marcher

Jonathan Horton

UAW Marcher

NYC Businessman

John W. Iwanonkiw

Harlem Pedestrian

Reporter Evans Marshall

Jared J Johnson

Little Rock Protestor

Michael J. Kraycik

NYPD

Robert Kwiatkowski

Politician

Pasadena Cop

Street Walker

Mean Girl

Marcher

Randolph Family Member

Cleves Volunteer Clerk

Reporter

DC Department Head

F. Robert McMurray

The Guardian

Jermaine McTizic

DC Police Officer

Cab Driver

Funeral Guest

Grip Type

DC Department Head

Frankie Palombi

Bus Passenger

Guardian

FBI Stakeout Agent

Guardian

NYC Businesswoman

White Protestor

Patrick Raffaele

Park Service Police Officer

Daryn Carl Ramsey

Sound Union Grip

Christopher Reed

Front DC Marcher

March on Washington Producer

Civil Rights Worker

Bar Patron

NYC Businessman

DC Pedestrian

David Murray Solomon

News Cameraman

William G. Tomek

Engineer Two

Protester

Marla Aaron Wapner

Traveling Kid

Chief Deputy Barnes

Marcher

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[solemn music gently fades in] - Rustin

[solemn music gently fades in]

[music continues] - Rustin

[music continues]

{\an8}Which is why
we are staging a protest - Rustin

{\an8}Which is why we are staging a protest

We plan on challenging them as well. - Rustin

We plan on challenging them as well.

So you want me to lead
5,000 Negroes into Los Angeles - Rustin

So you want me to lead 5,000 Negroes into Los Angeles

Were you not our man - Rustin

Were you not our man

When C.L. first heard you speak,
he rang me and said, - Rustin

When C.L. first heard you speak, he rang me and said,

And when that star starts to shine
brighter than any other, - Rustin

And when that star starts to shine brighter than any other,

Mrs. Ella Baker,
I have received a number of calls - Rustin

Mrs. Ella Baker, I have received a number of calls

Friend, one of my greatest joys
is watching you rise. - Rustin

Friend, one of my greatest joys is watching you rise.

We need you to lead us into Los Angeles, - Rustin

We need you to lead us into Los Angeles,

I am pleased to announce - Rustin

I am pleased to announce

Lest I remind you, I was born and raised
in Georgia. My mother was... - Rustin

Lest I remind you, I was born and raised in Georgia. My moth...

Every time I step through that house,
"How's Uncle Bayard?" - Rustin

Every time I step through that house, "How's Uncle...

I can't wait to hear what they have to say
about us making a move on LA. - Rustin

I can't wait to hear what they have to say about us mak...

I've spent the past 15 years
fighting Dixiecrats in Congress, - Rustin

I've spent the past 15 years fighting Dixiecrats in Con...

Had King reached out,
would you have said yes? - Rustin

Had King reached out, would you have said yes?

Ever since the Montgomery bus boycott, - Rustin

Ever since the Montgomery bus boycott,

{\an8}His attention-grabbing antics
are the exact opposite - Rustin

{\an8}His attention-grabbing antics are the exact opposite

I am phoning
the good reverend doctor's office today. - Rustin

I am phoning the good reverend doctor's office today.

If they don't call this shit off, - Rustin

If they don't call this shit off,

Congressman Powell has done so much
for Harlem. - Rustin

Congressman Powell has done so much for Harlem.

{\an8}Almost as much as he's done for himself. - Rustin

{\an8}Almost as much as he's done for himself.

{\an8}But this is a bold-faced lie,
and he knows it. - Rustin

{\an8}But this is a bold-faced lie, and he knows it.

I have to tell Martin. I have... - Rustin

I have to tell Martin. I have...

Making threats,
talking about going to the white print... - Rustin

Making threats, talking about going to the white print...

In response
to Powell's reckless accusations, - Rustin

In response to Powell's reckless accusations,

When Martin rejects it,
we will have forced him to see - Rustin

When Martin rejects it, we will have forced him to see

- Be... Because I know Martin, sir.
- Bayard? - Rustin

- Be... Because I know Martin, sir. - Bayard?

[footsteps receding] - Rustin

[footsteps receding]

[dramatic sting plays] - Rustin

[dramatic sting plays]

[phone ringing] - Rustin

[phone ringing]

[breathing heavily] - Rustin

[breathing heavily]

Goodness. I'm just gonna squeeze
right through here. - Rustin

Goodness. I'm just gonna squeeze right through here.

I tell you, man, I go south again, - Rustin

I tell you, man, I go south again,

"For ne'er I saw a true beauty
till this night." - Rustin

"For ne'er I saw a true beauty till this night.&qu...

Uh, it kinda got derailed,
so we invited everyone back here. - Rustin

Uh, it kinda got derailed, so we invited everyone back here.

Obscure fact about Miss Ella Baker, - Rustin

Obscure fact about Miss Ella Baker,

Tonk, Bid Whist, Crazy Eights. - Rustin

Tonk, Bid Whist, Crazy Eights.

Takes this pipe - Rustin

Takes this pipe

Bet you these two
are card-carrying members - Rustin

Bet you these two are card-carrying members

I'm the one
that's been preaching passive resistance - Rustin

I'm the one that's been preaching passive resistan...

The pacifist is opposed to using violence,
but must be prepared to receive it. - Rustin

The pacifist is opposed to using violence, but must be prepa...

I hear when King said "git," - Rustin

I hear when King said "git,"

Offering my face as a punching bag
to a would-be Sugar Ray wasn't enough? - Rustin

Offering my face as a punching bag to a would-be Sugar Ray w...

A party is hors d'oeuvres, laughter,
mambo for Latin lovers on the hi-fi. - Rustin

A party is hors d'oeuvres, laughter, mambo for Latin lo...

And now it is like that all the time.
SNCC, CORE, the NAACP kids, - Rustin

And now it is like that all the time. SNCC, CORE, the NAACP ...

Bull Connor in Birmingham,
Strom Thurmond on the Senate floor. - Rustin

Bull Connor in Birmingham, Strom Thurmond on the Senate floo...

While we all snap and snarl
and eat each other alive. - Rustin

While we all snap and snarl and eat each other alive.

The man hates you because you possess
everything that he does not, - Rustin

The man hates you because you possess everything that he doe...

Tom, you've yet to learn it is unwise
to speak of that which you do not know. - Rustin

Tom, you've yet to learn it is unwise to speak of that ...

Why don't you just admit
that you're still upset - Rustin

Why don't you just admit that you're still upset

And when it comes to my life, my past,
especially as it relates to Martin, - Rustin

And when it comes to my life, my past, especially as it rela...

Last time I checked that was illegal - Rustin

Last time I checked that was illegal

[kisses] - Rustin

Thirty years ago,
Gandhi walked to the sea, - Rustin

Thirty years ago, Gandhi walked to the sea,

Thirty years ago,
Gandhi walked to the sea, - Rustin

Thirty years ago, Gandhi walked to the sea,

The time has come for us to do the same. - Rustin

The time has come for us to do the same.

We are going to put together - Rustin

We are going to put together

A massive two-day demonstration - Rustin

A massive two-day demonstration

Made up of angelic troublemakers
such as yourselves, - Rustin

Made up of angelic troublemakers such as yourselves,

What if we flood the offices
of every member of the House and Senate - Rustin

What if we flood the offices of every member of the House an...

No, no. It is impossible to train
that many effective lobbyists... - Rustin

No, no. It is impossible to train that many effective lobbyi...

No, no, no. Do not kill an impulse
before it's born. - Rustin

No, no, no. Do not kill an impulse before it's born.

What if they were constituents
from their respective states - Rustin

What if they were constituents from their respective states

Because on day two,
we shall surround the White House... - Rustin

Because on day two, we shall surround the White House...

♪ Ain't gonna let the president
Turn me around ♪ - Rustin

♪ Ain't gonna let the president Turn me around ♪

♪ Turn me around ♪ - Rustin

♪ Turn me around ♪

♪ Marching up to freedom land ♪ - Rustin

♪ Marching up to freedom land ♪

A sea of tents, big and bold enough
to unify an entire movement. - Rustin

A sea of tents, big and bold enough to unify an entire movem...

And near the Lincoln Memorial,
a stage where the head - Rustin

And near the Lincoln Memorial, a stage where the head

In '41, you called for a large-scale march - Rustin

In '41, you called for a large-scale march

Executive Order 9981, - Rustin

Executive Order 9981,

We honor her
by doing the work we've always done. - Rustin

We honor her by doing the work we've always done.

But in deference
to both you and the cause, - Rustin

But in deference to both you and the cause,

After a day spent flooding the capital
and encircling the White House - Rustin

After a day spent flooding the capital and encircling the Wh...

We all know there's only one person
who can organize an event of this scale. - Rustin

We all know there's only one person who can organize an...

"Attempt" is hardly the word I'd use
to describe the actions of a man - Rustin

"Attempt" is hardly the word I'd use to descr...

Most of our folks in Mississippi - Rustin

Most of our folks in Mississippi

...will afford them the chance to discover
not only are they not alone... - Rustin

...will afford them the chance to discover not only are they...

...but are engaged in a struggle
far greater than they ever dreamed. - Rustin

...but are engaged in a struggle far greater than they ever ...

Elias here's from Alabama,
field organizer. - Rustin

Elias here's from Alabama, field organizer.

In 1913, 8,000 suffragettes, - Rustin

In 1913, 8,000 suffragettes,

Young man, your facts are correct.
Your sense of history is not. - Rustin

Young man, your facts are correct. Your sense of history is ...

Those 42,000 men marched on Washington, DC
because it was the Depression. - Rustin

Those 42,000 men marched on Washington, DC because it was th...

And after dutifully serving their country, - Rustin

And after dutifully serving their country,

And when they took to the streets
and were attacked, - Rustin

And when they took to the streets and were attacked,

For decades, the NAACP
has been legally leading the charge, - Rustin

For decades, the NAACP has been legally leading the charge,

- Have you talked to Martin about this?
- I lost his number. He lost mine. - Rustin

- Have you talked to Martin about this? - I lost his number....

Well, Dr. King, who hasn't lost my number, - Rustin

Well, Dr. King, who hasn't lost my number,

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Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: George C. Wolfe

Writer: Julian Breece, Dustin Lance Black

Production: Higher Ground

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 Nov 2023

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 67 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81111528

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