Rustin (film)

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Rustin
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Directed by George C. Wolfe
Screenplay by
Story byJulian Breece
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Tobias A. Schliessler
Edited by Andrew Mondshein
Music by Branford Marsalis
Production
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Distributed by Netflix
Release dates
  • August 31, 2023 (2023-08-31)(Telluride)
  • November 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)(United States)
Running time
106 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Rustin is a 2023 American biographical drama film directed by George C. Wolfe, from a screenplay by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black, and a story by Breece about the life of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. [2] Produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground, the film stars Colman Domingo in the title role, alongside Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, CCH Pounder, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Johnny Ramey, Michael Potts, Jeffrey Wright, and Audra McDonald. It is based on the true story of Rustin, who helped Martin Luther King Jr. and others organize the 1963 March on Washington.

Contents

Rustin premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023, and was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2023. The film received a limited theatrical release on November 3, 2023, before being released on Netflix on November 17. The film received generally positive reviews, with Domingo's performance garnering numerous accolades including nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and SAG Award for Best Actor.

Plot

The film tells the story of the gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. Rustin encourages Martin Luther King Jr. to lead a protest in Los Angeles ahead of the 1960 Democratic National Convention. However, Baptist minister and long-time New York Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and NAACP leader Roy Wilkins are highly critical of Rustin on account of his romantic orientation—calling him a "queen."

In the 1960s, Tom Kahn is Rustin's love partner while also working with the latter on expanding civil rights.

A. Philip Randolph who is respected at the NACCP for convincing Roosevelt to sign Executive Order 8802 (ending racial discrimination in the defense industry) in 1941 and Truman to sign Executive Order 9981 (ending racial segregation in the armed forces) is amenable to be persuaded by Rustin to organize the 1963 March in Washington DC. However, skeptics at NAACP remind Rustin of the unsuccessful 1932 veterans protest in Washington. Because of objections of Roy Wilkins to Rustin's gay mannerisms, the leaders of NAACP and Whitney Young of the Urban League assent to the "Chief" (A. Philip Randolph) serving as the director of the March on Washington in 1963; the Chief later announces that Rustin will be the deputy director of the said March.

Strom Thurmond publicly accuses Bayard Rustin of being a communist.

The March in DC in August 1963 is intended to increase Congressional support for the passage of the civil rights bill Kennedy had proposed earlier in the year. Over 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and called for an end to legalized racial discrimination in the US. Martin Luther King gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the event.

Cast

Production

In February 2021, it was reported that George C. Wolfe would direct a film based on the life of Bayard Rustin from a script by Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black. [3] In October 2021, Colman Domingo was cast as Rustin. Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, and Audra McDonald also joined the cast. [4] Later that month, Aml Ameen, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Bill Irwin, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, Carra Patterson, and Adrienne Warren joined the cast. [5] Production began in November 2021 in Pittsburgh. [6] [7] In December 2021, Jeffrey Wright, Grantham Coleman, Lilli Kay, Jordan-Amanda Hall, Jakeem Dante Powell, Ayana Workman, Jamilah Nadege Rosemond, Jules Latimer, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Frank Harts and Kevin Mambo joined the cast. [8] Principal photography ended in Washington, D.C. in August, 2022. [9]

Lenny Kravitz wrote and performed an original song, "Road to Freedom," for the film. On approaching Kravitz for writing a song for the film, Wolfe said, "The one note I gave him was the song needed to help deliver us as an audience, from feeling to action. And trombones. I begged for trombones." Wolfe became fascinated with trombones after filming Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020), and Trombone Shorty was brought on board to contribute to the song. [10]

Music

Release

Rustin premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023. [11] It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2023. [12] [13] Michelle and Barack Obama introduced the film at the opening night of the HBCU First Look Film Festival at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. [14] [15] The film was released in select theaters on November 3, 2023 and premiered worldwide on Netflix on November 17. [16] [17]

Reception

Critical response

Domingo received near-unanimous praise for his performance and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Colman Domingo by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Domingo received near-unanimous praise for his performance and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 83% of 169 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10.The website's consensus reads: "Colman Domingo is sensational in Rustin, a stirring biopic that shines an overdue light on a remarkable legacy of public service." [18] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [19]

Domingo garnered much critical acclaim for his performance in the title role. [20] John Anderson of The Wall Street Journal commended Domingo as a "force of nature in this film, delivering a complex, highly sympathetic portrayal" that "determines what the movie actually is, while preventing it from going awry." [21] Maureen Lee Lenker elaborated, in her review for Entertainment Weekly , that "Domingo infuses Rustin with a warmth and vibrancy that creates a performance of immense empathy" and followed this by stating "his portrait of a man fighting for both his race and his sexuality feels incredibly personal and helps hammer home Rustin's commitment to true 'justice for all.'" [22] The Guardian 's Benjamin Lee appreciated the film's intersectional coverage of Rustin's struggles and concluded that Domingo "nails the charming persuasiveness that would explain how Rustin achieved so much in such a short amount of time and as he slowly starts to experience a level of acceptance for his whole self, rather than handpicked parts, there’s a genuine poignancy to watching him crumble in front of us, a weight we can feel being lifted away. [23]

Other critics were more lukewarm towards the film, in particular for its screenplay and direction. Bilge Ebiri from Vulture observed that the script was laden with "ham-handed stage-setting with lines" that equated to "classroom-exercise level writing", leading to a film that was "filled with all the clichés of the genre." He also elaborates that the film's "predictable plot points" and the "pro forma" nature of Rustin's "personal affairs" in conjunction with Wolfe's "methodical direction" led to "visual inertia". [24] RogerEbert.com 's Robert Daniels similarly agreed that the film suffocated Domingo and suppressed his potential, noting that he "ultimately clings to these emotional crescendos, gripping for dear life to a film that rarely, if ever, rises to his level." [25] In his review, Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post found the film's "perfunctory plot" to be "as montage-y and as superficial as the film’s opening reenactments" and criticized the lack of character development across the supporting cast, noting "none of them stands out as a three-dimensional character". [26]

Specific criticism was further directed towards the film's approach of Rustin's sexuality as a narrative. Dustin Guastela of Jacobin criticized the film for caricaturing Rustin's political views: "Rustin claims the civil rights hero has been forgotten because of his sexuality. But it was his fiery and provocative class politics that makes him both controversial and prophetic today." He argues that the film's lack of development in the relationship between Rustin and Tom Kahn "weaponized" Rustin's sexuality as a means to obscure that Rustin's "historical neglect" was also due, in part, to his political views, which were "no less a reason for his official erasure from canonical civil rights history." [27] In his review for IndieWire , David Ehrlich also lamented the film's handling of Rustin's sexuality and stated that "Rustin is diminished by the forced momentum of its plotting, by how inelegantly the script incorporates the social dynamics of Rustin’s homosexuality (the love triangle that develops between Rustin, fellow activist Tom Kahn, and a composite character played by Johnny Ramey stops the movie dead in its tracks every time it comes up)." [28]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
The Queerties February 28, 2023Next Big ThingRustinNominated [29]
Hamptons International Film Festival October 12, 2023The Sherzum AwardWon [30]
Heartland International Film Festival October 15, 2023Audience Choice Award – Narrative Special PresentationWon [31]
Mill Valley Film Festival October 16, 2023Directing George C. Wolfe Won [32]
Audience Award – U.S. CinemaRustinWon
Chicago International Film Festival October 22, 2023Gold Q-HugoNominated [33]
Philadelphia Film Festival October 29, 2023Audience Award – Narrative FeatureWon [34]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 15, 2023 Original Score — Feature Film Branford Marsalis Nominated [35]
[36]
Original Song — Feature Film Lenny Kravitz ("Road to Freedom")Nominated
Gotham Independent Film Awards November 27, 2023 Icon & Creator Tribute for Social JusticeRustinWon [37]
Celebration of Cinema & Television December 4, 2023Actor Award (Film) Colman Domingo Won [38]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 10, 2023 Best Actor Nominated [39]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society December 13, 2023Best ActorNominated [40]
Best Song"Road to Freedom"Nominated
Indiana Film Journalists Association December 17, 2023Best Lead Performance Colman Domingo Nominated [41]
[42]
Women Film Critics Circle Awards December 18, 2023Best ActorNominated [43]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 18, 2023 Best Actor 5th place [lower-alpha 1] [44]
San Diego Film Critics Society December 19, 2023 Best Actor Nominated [45]
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival January 2, 2024Best ActorWon [46]
[47]
Palm Springs International Film Festival January 4, 2024 Spotlight Award - ActorWon [48]
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 5, 2024Best ActorNominated [49]
[50]
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards January 6, 2024 Best ActorNominated [51]
Golden Globe Awards January 7, 2024 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated [52]
Best Original Song Lenny Kravitz ("Road to Freedom")Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society January 12, 2024Best Original SongNominated [53]
Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 14, 2024 Best Actor Colman DomingoNominated [54]
Best Song Lenny Kravitz ("Road to Freedom")Nominated
African-American Film Critics Association Awards January 15, 2024Best ActorColman DomingoWon [55]
Black Reel Awards January 16, 2024 Outstanding Film Bruce Cohen, Tonia Davis & George C. Wolfe Nominated [56]
Outstanding Lead PerformanceColman DomingoNominated
Outstanding Screenplay Julian Breece & Dustin Lance Black Nominated
Outstanding Ensemble Cherelle Cargill & Avy KaufmanNominated
Outstanding Score Brandford MarsaliasNominated
Outstanding Soundtrack RustinNominated
Outstanding Original Song Lenny Kravitz ("Road to Freedom")Nominated
Outstanding Costume Design Toni-Leslie JamesNominated
Outstanding Production Design Mark RickerNominated
Outstanding Hairstyle and Make-upMelissa Forney & Beverly Jo PryorNominated
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards January 17, 2024 Best Actor Colman DomingoWon [57]
Best Ensemble The cast of RustinNominated
Best Time Capsule RustinNominated
Iowa Film Critics Association January 17, 2024Best Original SongLenny Kravitz ("Road to Freedom")Runner-up [58]
Society of Composers & Lyricists February 13, 2024Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media ProductionLenny Kravitz ("Road to Freedom")Nominated [59]
BAFTA Film Awards February 18, 2024 Best Actor in a Leading Role Colman DomingoNominated [60]
Satellite Awards February 18, 2024 Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Nominated [61]
Best Original Song Lenny Kravitz ("Road to Freedom")Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards February 24, 2024 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Colman DomingoNominated [62]
Artios Awards March 7, 2024 Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Studio or Independent (Drama) Avy Kaufman, Donna Belajac, Missy Finnell, Scotty AndersonNominated [63]
Academy Awards March 10, 2024 Best Actor in a Leading Role Colman DomingoNominated [64]
GLAAD Media Awards March 11 - May 14, 2024 Outstanding Film – Streaming or TVRustinWon [65]
[66]
NAACP Image Awards March 16, 2024 Outstanding Motion Picture Nominated [67]
Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture George C. WolfeNominated
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Colman DomingoWon
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Glynn TurmanNominated
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion PictureRustinNominated
Outstanding Costume DesignToni–Leslie James, Josh QuinnNominated
Outstanding Make-upBeverly Jo Pryor, Eric Pagdin, Quintessence PattersonNominated
Outstanding Original Score for TV/FilmBranford MarsalisNominated
World Soundtrack Awards October 17, 2024 Best Original Song Lenny Kravitz ("Road to Freedom")Nominated [68]

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