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Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2008)

31 Jan

83m; U.S.

Director: Nancy D. Kates, Bennett Singer

Synopsis: Biography of Bayard Rustin, a socialist and pacifist activist involved in labor struggles and who became a key adviser to Martin Luther King, Jr. (including serving as the lead organizer for the 1963 March on Washington).  Film also explores the constant conflicts Rustin was forced into given treatment of homosexuals.

Contact: http://rustin.org/

 

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