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Own your power. - Rustin
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Title: Rustin

Release Date: 3 Nov 2023

Runtime: 1h 48m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Higher Ground

Production Companies: Higher Ground

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

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (182 votes)

Cast

  • Bayard Rustin: Colman Domingo
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: Aml Ameen
  • A. Philip Randolph: Glynn Turman
  • Roy Wilkins: Chris Rock
  • Tom: Gus Halper
  • Elias Taylor: Johnny Ramey
  • Dr. Anna Hedgeman: CCH Pounder
  • Cleve Robinson: Michael Potts
  • Ella Baker: Audra McDonald
  • Rep. Adam Clayton Powell: Jeffrey Wright
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