Recollections of this pacifist master civil rights organizer, with a discussion on his impact and the example he has set for contemporary LGBTQ organizers.
Bennett Singer, filmmaker, Brother Outsider
Walter Naegle, partner of Bayard Rustin and Executive Director, Rustin Fund
Rashad Robinson, President, Color of Change
Ingrid Duran, CEO D&P Creative Strategies and filmmaker, The Out List, The Trans List, The Latino List
Moderator: Keith Boykin, journalist, author and political commentator.
This documentary illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin –vocal pacifist, chief planner of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and often called an” unknown hero” of the Civil Rights movement. Despite his many achievements as an activist, Rustin was silenced and imprisoned due to being an openly gay man in a homophobic era.
- Year2003
- Runtime1 hr 23
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorNancy Kates and Bennett Singer
Recollections of this pacifist master civil rights organizer, with a discussion on his impact and the example he has set for contemporary LGBTQ organizers.
Bennett Singer, filmmaker, Brother Outsider
Walter Naegle, partner of Bayard Rustin and Executive Director, Rustin Fund
Rashad Robinson, President, Color of Change
Ingrid Duran, CEO D&P Creative Strategies and filmmaker, The Out List, The Trans List, The Latino List
Moderator: Keith Boykin, journalist, author and political commentator.
This documentary illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin –vocal pacifist, chief planner of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and often called an” unknown hero” of the Civil Rights movement. Despite his many achievements as an activist, Rustin was silenced and imprisoned due to being an openly gay man in a homophobic era.
- Year2003
- Runtime1 hr 23
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorNancy Kates and Bennett Singer