Since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its national broadcasts on PBS’ P.O.V. series, Logo/MTV, and public television’s America ReFramed series, BROTHER OUTSIDER has introduced millions of viewers around the world to the life and work of Bayard Rustin — a visionary strategist and activist who has been called “the unknown hero” of the civil rights movement. A disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the 1963 March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
This powerful documentary chronicles the life of openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who, among many contributions to the cause, is best known for organizing the 1963 March on Washington, D.C., involving hundreds of thousands of people.
- Year2003
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorBennett Singer and Nancy D. Kates
- CastBayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Mohandas Gandhi, A. Philip Randolph, Stokely Carmichael, Liv Ullmann, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Andrew Young, John Rodgers, A.J. Muste, Devi Prasad, Rachelle Horowitz, Robert Ascher, Dorothy Jackson, Walter Naegle, Davis Platt, Michael Thelwell, Ernest Green, Dave McReynolds
Since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and its national broadcasts on PBS’ P.O.V. series, Logo/MTV, and public television’s America ReFramed series, BROTHER OUTSIDER has introduced millions of viewers around the world to the life and work of Bayard Rustin — a visionary strategist and activist who has been called “the unknown hero” of the civil rights movement. A disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the 1963 March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
This powerful documentary chronicles the life of openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who, among many contributions to the cause, is best known for organizing the 1963 March on Washington, D.C., involving hundreds of thousands of people.
- Year2003
- Runtime83 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorBennett Singer and Nancy D. Kates
- CastBayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Mohandas Gandhi, A. Philip Randolph, Stokely Carmichael, Liv Ullmann, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Andrew Young, John Rodgers, A.J. Muste, Devi Prasad, Rachelle Horowitz, Robert Ascher, Dorothy Jackson, Walter Naegle, Davis Platt, Michael Thelwell, Ernest Green, Dave McReynolds