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On November 20, 2013, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Who was this man? He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. BROTHER OUTSIDER: THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN asks "Why?" It presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th-century American history. One of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the March on Washington, intelligent, gregarious and charismatic, Bayard Rustin was denied his place in the limelight for one reason - he was gay.
"It's an impressive gathering of facts and interviews about the man who was also openly gay at a time when even many liberals, including his fellow civil-rights activists, were homophobic." - Boston Globe
Produced in associated with the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and distributed by CA Newsreel.
Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival.
- Year2003
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- NoteDistributed by California Newsreel
- DirectorNancy Kates and Bennett Singer
- Executive ProducerSam Pollard, Marc Weiss, Suzanne Singer, and Lisa Heller
On November 20, 2013, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Who was this man? He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. BROTHER OUTSIDER: THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN asks "Why?" It presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th-century American history. One of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the March on Washington, intelligent, gregarious and charismatic, Bayard Rustin was denied his place in the limelight for one reason - he was gay.
"It's an impressive gathering of facts and interviews about the man who was also openly gay at a time when even many liberals, including his fellow civil-rights activists, were homophobic." - Boston Globe
Produced in associated with the Independent Television Service (ITVS) and distributed by CA Newsreel.
Official Selection at the Sundance Film Festival.
- Year2003
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- NoteDistributed by California Newsreel
- DirectorNancy Kates and Bennett Singer
- Executive ProducerSam Pollard, Marc Weiss, Suzanne Singer, and Lisa Heller