The film tells the story of the gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. Rustin encourages Martin Luther King Jr. to lead a protest in Los Angeles ahead of the 1960 Democratic National Convention. However, Baptist minister and long-time New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and NAACP leader Roy Wilkins are highly critical of Rustin on account of his romantic orientation—calling him a "queen."
In the 1960s, Tom Kahn is Rustin's love partner while also working with the latter on expanding civil rights.
A. Philip Randolph who is respected at the NACCP for convincing Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 8802 (ending racial discrimination in the defense industry) in 1941 and Truman to sign Executive Order 9981 (ending racial segregation in the armed forces) is amenable to be persuaded by Rustin to organize the 1963 March in Washington DC. However, skeptics at NAACP remind Rustin of the unsuccessful 1932 veterans protest in Washington. Because of objections of Roy Wilkins to Rustin's gay mannerisms, the leaders of NAACP and Whitney Young of the Urban League assent to the "Chief" (A. Philip Randolph) serving as the director of the March on Washington in 1963; the Chief later announces that Rustin will be the deputy director of the said March.
Strom Thurmond publicly accuses Bayard Rustin of being a communist.
The March in DC in August 1963 is intended to increase Congressional support for the passage of the civil rights bill Kennedy had proposed earlier in the year. Over 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and called for an end to legalized racial discrimination in the US. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the event.
Lenny Kravitz wrote and performed an original song, "Road to Freedom," for the film. On approaching Kravitz for writing a song for the film, Wolfe said, "The one note I gave him was the song needed to help deliver us as an audience, from feeling to action. And trombones. I begged for trombones." Wolfe became fascinated with trombones after filming Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), and Trombone Shorty was brought on board to contribute to the song.[10]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of 169 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Colman Domingo is sensational in Rustin, a stirring biopic that shines an overdue light on a remarkable legacy of public service."[18]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[19]
Domingo garnered much critical acclaim for his performance in the title role.[20] John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal commended Domingo as a "force of nature in this film, delivering a complex, highly sympathetic portrayal" that "determines what the movie actually is, while preventing it from going awry."[21] Maureen Lee Lenker elaborated, in her review for Entertainment Weekly, that "Domingo infuses Rustin with a warmth and vibrancy that creates a performance of immense empathy" and followed this by stating "his portrait of a man fighting for both his race and his sexuality feels incredibly personal and helps hammer home Rustin's commitment to true 'justice for all.'"[22]The Guardian's Benjamin Lee appreciated the film's intersectional coverage of Rustin's struggles and concluded that Domingo "nails the charming persuasiveness that would explain how Rustin achieved so much in such a short amount of time and as he slowly starts to experience a level of acceptance for his whole self, rather than handpicked parts, there’s a genuine poignancy to watching him crumble in front of us, a weight we can feel being lifted away.[23]
Other critics were more lukewarm towards the film, in particular for its screenplay and direction. Bilge Ebiri from Vulture observed that the script was laden with "ham-handed stage-setting with lines" that equated to "classroom-exercise level writing", leading to a film that was "filled with all the clichés of the genre." He also elaborates that the film's "predictable plot points" and the "pro forma" nature of Rustin's "personal affairs" in conjunction with Wolfe's "methodical direction" led to "visual inertia".[24]RogerEbert.com's Robert Daniels similarly agreed that the film suffocated Domingo and suppressed his potential, noting that he "ultimately clings to these emotional crescendos, gripping for dear life to a film that rarely, if ever, rises to his level."[25] In his review, Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post found the film's "perfunctory plot" to be "as montage-y and as superficial as the film’s opening reenactments" and criticized the lack of character development across the supporting cast, noting "none of them stands out as a three-dimensional character".[26]
Specific criticism was further directed towards the film's approach of Rustin's sexuality as a narrative. Dustin Guastela of Jacobin criticized the film for caricaturing Rustin's political views: "Rustin claims the civil rights hero has been forgotten because of his sexuality. But it was his fiery and provocative class politics that makes him both controversial and prophetic today." He argues that the film's lack of development in the relationship between Rustin and Tom Kahn "weaponized" Rustin's sexuality as a means to obscure that Rustin's "historical neglect" was also due, in part, to his political views, which were "no less a reason for his official erasure from canonical civil rights history."[27] In his review for IndieWire, David Ehrlich also lamented the film's handling of Rustin's sexuality and stated that "Rustin is diminished by the forced momentum of its plotting, by how inelegantly the script incorporates the social dynamics of Rustin’s homosexuality (the love triangle that develops between Rustin, fellow activist Tom Kahn, and a composite character played by Johnny Ramey stops the movie dead in its tracks every time it comes up)."[28]
Logo van De Groote Leeuw voor het eerst gebruikt in 1910 Camiel Schotte De Groote Leeuw is een Belgisch fietsenmerk dat in het eerste decennium van de 20e eeuw werd opgericht door Camiel Schotte (Steenhuize-Wijnhuize, 4 juli 1854 - Zottegem, 27 augustus 1922). Oprichting Op 1 mei 1903 nam Camiel Schotte op de Markt in Zottegem een ijzermagazijn over waar ook fietsen verkocht werden, in het pand waar vroeger de uitspanning In den Gouden Leeuw was gevestigd. Dat pand was later opgesplitst in De...
Prior to the civil war, Mogadishu was known as the White pearl of the Indian Ocean. Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشو) is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries. Antiquity Main articles: Sarapion and Maritime history of Somalia Engraving of the 13th century Fakr ad-Din Mosque built by Fakr ad-Din, the first Sultan of the Sultanate of...
سيارة للانطلاق في رحلة شهر العسل هي الفترة الزمنية التي يقضيها عريسان بعد إتمام مراسم الزواج وسكنهم في بيت واحد ، ومدتها شهر واحد.[1][2][3] تلقب بشهر العسل بسبب أن كل منهم يتفرغ للأستمتاع بالأخر. وكيفية قضاء شهر العسل تختلف من شعب إلى أخر ومن مجموعة إلى أخرى مثلاً ال
Species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family Hypericaceae Hypericum terrae-firmae Hypericum terrae-firmae, Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Cayo District, Belize Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Hypericaceae Genus: Hypericum Section: H. sect. Brathys Species: H. terrae-firmae Binomial name Hypericum terrae-firmaeSprague & Riley Hypericum terrae-firmae is a woody p...
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: 2018 Newcastle 500 – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) 2018 Coates Hire Newcastle 500Event InformationRound 16 of 16 in the 2018 Supercars ChampionshipDate23–25 November 2018Locati...
33-е тактическое истребительное авиакрыло ВВС США («Орлы») — самое результативное по числу воздушных побед подразделение из всех участвовавших в войне в Персидском заливе авиаподразделений обеих противоборствующих сторон Ниже приводится список воздушных и противовоз...
Covered market in Turkey This article is about the Grand Bazaar in Turkey. For the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, see Grand Bazaar, Tehran. Grand BazaarKapalıçarşıInside the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul41°0′38.09″N 28°58′4.56″E / 41.0105806°N 28.9679333°E / 41.0105806; 28.9679333LocationIstanbul, TurkeyTypeCovered bazaarBeginning date1455; 568 years ago (1455)Completion dateafter 1730Dedicated toMehmed II The Grand Bazaar (Tu...
ماركوس ميكل (بالألمانية: Markus Meckel) معلومات شخصية الميلاد 18 أغسطس 1952 (71 سنة)[1][2] مونشنبرغ مواطنة ألمانيا ألمانيا الشرقية مناصب وزير الشؤون الخارجية في المنصب12 أبريل 1990 – 20 أغسطس 1990 أوسكار فيشر لوتار دي ميزير نائب في البوندستاغ الألم...
Kambiz Atabay6th President of AFCIn office1 August 1976 – 9 December 1978Preceded byTunku Abdul RahmanSucceeded byHamzah Abu SamahPresident of FFIIn office17 October 1972 – 17 February 1979Preceded byMostafa MokriSucceeded byNaser Noamooz Personal detailsBorn (1939-02-02) 2 February 1939 (age 84)Tehran, Imperial State of Iran Kambiz Atabay (Persian: كامبيز آتابای; born 2 February 1939) is an Iranian former football administrator who serves as the private...
This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources. Please help by adding secondary or tertiary sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.Find sources: Ralph Molnar – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Ralph E. Molnar is a pale...
American entertainment news website Tell-Tale TVType of siteTelevisionAvailable inEnglishOwnerBissette Media, LLCURLwww.telltaletv.comCommercialYesLaunched2014 (2014)Current statusOnline Tell-Tale TV is an American entertainment news website dedicated to the coverage of television-related news, discussion, reviews and criticism. History Tell-Tale TV was founded in 2014 as a TV-focused website dedicated to offering insightful episodic reviews of a variety of television shows. It...
Engineering thermoplastic polymer This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: Polyoxymethylene – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Polyoxymethylene Names Other names Poly(oxymethylene) glycol; polymethylene glycol Identifiers CAS...
Pub in Kings Cross, London The Flying Scotsman, 2008 The Scottish Stores, the original name The Flying Scotsman is a Grade II listed public house at 2–4 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London.[1] It was originally called The Scottish Stores, and was designed by the architects Wylson and Long, probably for James Kirk, and built in 1900–01.[1] The Flying Scotsman closed in November 2015, and re-opened as The Scottish Stores (its original name) in December 2015, as a pub specia...
Para otros usos de este término, véase Samo (desambiguación). Samo Información personalNacimiento Siglo VIIjuliano Schongau (Alemania) Fallecimiento 658 FamiliaHijos 37 Información profesionalOcupación Comerciante y jefe tribal Área Gobierno Cargos ocupados Rey de Imperio de Samo (623-658) [editar datos en Wikidata] Samo († 658) fue el primer señor eslavo del que se conoce el nombre. Reinó desde el año 623 hasta el año 658 y estableció uno de los primeros estados ...
Sergio SánchezDatos personalesNombre completo Sergio Daniel SánchezApodo(s) CepilloNacimiento Mendoza, Argentina24 de enero de 1988 (35 años)Nacionalidad(es) ArgentinaAltura 1,90 m (6′ 3″)Carrera deportivaDeporte FútbolClub profesionalDebut deportivo 2009(Godoy Cruz de Mendoza)Club San Martín de FormosaLiga Torneo Federal APosición Mediocampista[editar datos en Wikidata] Sergio Daniel Sánchez (Mendoza, Argentina; 24 de enero de 1988) es un futbolista argentino. ...
Bandeira de ministro de Portugal. Esta é uma lista de ministros do Ordenamento do Território, bem como dos seus antecedentes os ministros do Urbanismo e os ministros da Administração do Território entre a criação do Ministério da Habitação, Urbanismo e Construção a 10 de fevereiro de 1976 e a atualidade A lista cobre o atual período democrático (1974–atualidade), incluindo os ministros de ministérios cuja nomenclatura tenha incluído a pasta do Urbanismo, da Administração d...
French motor vehicle manufacturerThis article is about the French company. For other uses, see Panhard (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Packard. PanhardIndustryManufacturingFounded1887; 136 years ago (1887)FounderRené Panhard, Émile LevassorDefunct2018 (2018)SuccessorCitroën (for civilian vehicle)Renault Trucks Defense (for military vehicles)HeadquartersParis, FranceProductsCars Panhard et Levassor (1887–1895). This model was the first registered automobil...
Russian Expeditionary Force in FranceCorps Expéditionnaire Russe en FranceActive1916–1918Country Russian Empire Russian RepublicAllegiance Tsar of Russia Provisional Council of the Russian RepublicBranch Imperial Russian ArmyTypeExpeditionary ForceRoleCold-weather warfareCombined armsExpeditionary warfareTrench warfareMascot(s)EngagementsWorld War I Western Front Second Battle of the Aisne Second Battle of the Marne (Légion d’Honneur Russe) Macedonian Front Battle of Monastir ...