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Behind the Aegis

(54,852 posts) Wed Oct 6, 2021, 01:46 PM Oct 2021

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Guess which openly gay actor is set to play Bayard Rustin for producer Barack Obama

Director George C. Wolfe and producers Barack & Michelle Obama have finally announced casting for the lead in their upcoming Bayard Rustin biopic Rustin. Openly gay actor Coleman Domingo will step into the role of the civil rights legend.

Domingo joins stage legend Audra McDonald as well as actors Chris Rock and Glynn Turman in the film. Wolfe directs from a script he co-wrote with Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black.

Bayard Rustin rose to fame as the right-hand man to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Though he helped organize several key protests including the 1963 March on Washington, King fired Rustin after learning that he was a gay man. Rustin spent the remainder of his life championing social justice causes, including supporting the labor movement and gay rights. He died in 1987.

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Guess which openly gay actor is set to play Bayard Rustin for producer Barack Obama (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 OP

Wow. Expect nothing less from historical story tellers like the Obamas! Budi Oct 2021 #1

Right?! This sounds exciting! Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #2

We can expect the story to be told with accuracy, not personal biased embellishments. Budi Oct 2021 #3

This a great project. sheshe2 Oct 2021 #4

Budi

(15,325 posts)

1. Wow. Expect nothing less from historical story tellers like the Obamas!

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 01:49 PM

Oct 2021

Can't wait to watch this.

Behind the Aegis

(54,852 posts)

2. Right?! This sounds exciting!

Reply to Budi (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 01:50 PM

Oct 2021

Given political climates now, this could be a healing salve.

Budi

(15,325 posts)

3. We can expect the story to be told with accuracy, not personal biased embellishments.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 01:55 PM

Oct 2021

I will watch every thing they write, produce or speak about.

This is actually a perfect venue for their historical & humanitarian intellect.

👍

sheshe2

(87,469 posts)

4. This a great project.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 02:04 PM

Oct 2021

I look forward to watching when it comes out.

Thanks for the heads up, BtA.

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