Rustin

Rustin

(2023)

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Streaming charts last updated: 17:23:24, 11/12/2023

Rustin is 267 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 1914 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than West Side Story but less popular than Underwater.

Synopsis

The story of a prominent gay civil rights activist in the 1960s is brought to life

In the 1960s, the United States of America found itself at the height of the civil rights struggle for racial equality. As a gay African American activist, Bayard Rustin faced systematic oppression and prejudice from all sides, while tirelessly fighting for representation for both the Black and LGBTQ communities. Alongside Asa Philip Randolph, Rustin organised the famed 1963 March on Washington where Dr Martin Luther King Jr gave his historic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.

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What to know

The Obamas' production company brings Bayard Rustin's civil rights struggle to Netflix

Rustin is a biographical drama film produced by Michelle and Barack Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, for a Netflix distribution. The film is directed by filmmaker and playwright George C. Wolfe, best known for helming Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Julian Breece co-writes the screenplay alongside screenwriter and LGBT rights activist Dustin Lance Black, who previously wrote the award-winning screenplay for Milk, a film about the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, USA. 

Award-winning actor Colman Domingo takes on the titular role of Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights organiser and activist at the heart of the story. Comedian Chris Rock joins him as Roy Wilkins, a famous NAACP leader during the 1960s. Aml Ameen plays the legendary civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Glynn Turman portrays the unionist Asa Philip Randolph, and the rest of the cast includes Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Audra McDonald, Jeffrey Wright, among others.

Production News

  • October 5, 2021
    • Colman Domingo is cast as Bayard Rustin in a biopic for Higher Ground Productions to be directed by George C. Wolfe. The film will be distributed on Netflix. Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, and Audra McDonald are also confirmed to be involved. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter
  • October 18, 2021
    • A broad casting announcement confirms Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Bill Irwin, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and others will feature in the Rustin biopic. (Source: Deadline
  • August 4, 2022
    • Netflix posts the first image, showing Colman Domingo as the gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. (Source: Twitter)
  • July 18, 2023
    • First-look images at Rustin are released via Vanity Fair, showing the renowned activist portrayed by Colman Domingo marching alongside Dr Martin Luther King Jr and walking through Washington DC, in addition to many other sets. The film's release date is also confirmed for a global Netflix release on November 17, 2023. (Source: Vanity Fair)
  • July 24, 2023
    • It is announced that Rustin will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, 2023. (Source: Variety)
  • August 28, 2023
    • The first trailer for Rustin is released on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, showing Rustin and the other organisers planning the history-making event. (Source: Deadline)
  • October 19, 2023
    • A new trailer reveals Colman Domingo as the famed civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, finally giving one of the key organisers of the March on Washington the spotlight. (Source: Deadline)
  • November 17, 2023
    • Rustin premieres on Netflix.

Streaming Charts

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267.

+1914

Rating

JustWatch Rating 73%
IMDB 6.5 (2k)

Genres

Drama, History

Runtime

1h 48min

Age rating

15

Production country

United States

Director

George C. Wolfe

Cast

Colman Domingo
Bayard Rustin
Chris Rock
Roy Wilkins
Glynn Turman
A. Philip Randolph
Aml Ameen
Martin Luther King Jr.
CCH Pounder
Dr. Anna Hedgeman
Michael Potts
Cleveland Robinson
Bill Irwin
A. J. Muste
Maxwell Whittington-Cooper
John Lewis
Gus Halper
Tom
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Mahalia Jackson
Johnny Ramey
Elias
Carra Patterson
Coretta Scott King
Adrienne Warren
Claudia Taylor
Audra McDonald
Ella Baker
Daniel Johnson
Business Partner
John Barnes
Background Marcher (uncredited)
Jules Latimer
Joyce Ladner
Cotter Smith
Chief Wells
Lilli Kay
Rachelle
Jeffrey Wright
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Audra McDonald
Adams Bellouis