Rustin is the critically acclaimed film from director George C. Wolfe, starring Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin. Architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Rustin challenged authority and never apologized for who he was, but was forgotten despite making history. Rustin spotlights the man who, alongside Martin Luther King Jr., dared to imagine a different world and inspired a movement. The film features an all-star cast including Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Jeffrey Wright and Audra McDonald.
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00:00 So, talk, shout, take command.
00:03 Who's that?
00:05 The famous Bob Russell.
00:06 In '41, you called for a large-scale march.
00:09 The time has come for another.
00:11 Nobody.
00:13 I can handle all the grunt work.
00:15 Rally the young.
00:17 We are going to put together the largest peaceful protest
00:21 made up of angelic troublemakers such as yourselves.
00:27 My friend, Dr. Martin Luther King, will be joining us.
00:31 How many bodies did it take to surround the White House?
00:34 How many?
00:35 Sorry, I thought that was the set-up for a joke.
00:38 You literally want me to find out?
00:39 Yes!
00:40 When it comes to the old God, I'm considered a pariah.
00:45 Every person at this table will be in the line of fire because of him.
00:50 Everyone's so obsessed with what I'm doing and with whom.
00:53 How can you breathe salvation and not want to save yourself?
00:57 Every day, we surrender that which makes us different.
01:01 I can't surrender my differences. The world won't let me.
01:04 The day of your march, the entire D.C. police force has been mobilized.
01:08 What they really want to destroy is all of us coming together and demanding this country change.
01:14 I remember saying that this Rustin fell is a little crazy.
01:19 Only later did I fully comprehend that a little didn't even come close.
01:24 We intend to go there not by the thousands, but by the hundreds of thousands.
01:29 Yes!
01:30 We are committed to altering the trajectory of this country towards freedom.
01:35 That's what's on the line. Nothing less.
01:37 Lord, I hope and pray they come today.
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