The story behind the 1963 March on Washington is well-told, including the frank depiction of the genius leading its planning, Bayard Rustin.
Brother Outsider the Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
“The forgotten” man’s story who organized the March on Washington & taught MLK nonviolence is told in photos, archival footage & interviews.
Brother Outsider the Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
This documentary is great preparation for the dramatic film Rustin that I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Until that dramatic feature film comes out on Nov. 3 in select theaters and then on Netflix Nov. 17, this exciting documentary about Bayard Rustin, often called the Civil Rights Movement’s “Forgotten Man” will whet …
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Two Must-See Films in November
Although I always look forward to the new films that the next month brings to us, I am especially excited about the two coming in November–JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM and RUSTIN. When I saw the first email announcing Journey, my reaction was, “Why another film of this familiar story? We already have The Nativity Story, a very well-made …
Upcoming CR Film in November: RUSTIN
I want to alert you to the new film Rustin, due out on November 3 in theaters and then on November 17, on Netflix. But first, a little background. Bayard Rustin is not as well known in the Civil Rights Pantheon as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, or even …
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (2016)
Raoul Peck uses an unpublished James Baldwin work as his guide & script, enriched by archival clips & interviews, to expose racism in the US.
TILL (2022)
The murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in MS in 1955 sparks outrage leading to the C-R Movement, thanks to his determined mother Mamie.
Fannie Lou Hamer’s America
The inspiring life story of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer in Mississippi.
Amend: The Fight for America (2021)
Will Smith, using graphics & actors, hosts this survey of the long struggle for Blacks to become full citizens, centering on the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
Son of the South (2020)
Writer-director Barry Alexander Brown’s film is based on Bob Zellner’s well-received 2008 autobiography The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement. The author’s move from sympathetic but do-nothing white moderate to zealous C-R activist is a good illustration of Dr. King’s criticism in his famous prison letter. At first …