Scene 2 Seen Podcast: Documentary Filmmaker Nancy Kates Discusses ‘Brother Outsider’ Which Chronicles The Legacy Of Bayard Rustin
deadline.comHello, and welcome to the Scene to Seen Podcast! I am Valerie Complex Associate editor and film writer at Deadline. On today’s episode, we’re talking to documentarian Nancy Kates, director of PBS documentary Brother Outsider: The Life Of Bayard Rustin, about the civil rights activist and the architect of the March on Washington in 1963.
The documentary chronicles his 60-year career as an activist, organizer and “troublemaker.” Bayard Rustin formulated many of the strategies that propelled the American civil rights movement.
His passionate belief in Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence drew Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders to him in the 1940’s and 50’s; his practice of those beliefs drew the attention of the FBI and police.
In 1963, Rustin brought his unique skills to the crowning glory of his civil rights career: his work organizing the March on Washington, the biggest protest America had ever seen.
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