George C. Wolfe, Dustin Lance Black, and former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground banner are coming together for a biopic of civil rights activistBayard Rustin.
Wolfe will direct Rustin from a script byDustin Lance Black for Higher Ground and Netflix. According to the logline, Rustin will "tell the story of the charismatic gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who overcame an onslaught of obstacles, and altered the course of American history by organizing the 1963 march on Washington." Along with Bruce Cohen (American Beauty) and Black, Priya Swaminathan and Tonia Davis will produce forHigher Ground Productions, which has a slate that includes Riz Ahmed's Exit West andThe Young Wifefrom writer-director Tayarisha.
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