‘Rustin’ Review: Truth Be Told
metroweekly.comRustin, the long-awaited biopic directed by George C. Wolfe, and written by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black, drives home the point that the arc of U.S.
history might have bent more slowly towards justice had Bayard Rustin not had a hand in shaping it.More pointedly, the film illustrates that the unapologetically Black, gay, left-wing activist would have done even more for oppressed communities had members of his own community not driven him out into the cold just because he was queer.Portrayed with revolutionary fire by Colman Domingo, Rustin enters the 1960s as an influential adviser to Dr.
King (Aml Ameen, beautifully understated).The men are also good friends who move in an esteemed but somewhat contentious circle of Black civil rights leaders, including activist Ella Baker (Audra McDonald), union organizer A.
Philip Randolph (Glynn Turman), and NAACP leader Roy Wilkins (Chris Rock).Wilkins, in particular, represents the Movement’s old guard.
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