{"id":34827,"date":"2023-12-16T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34827"},"modified":"2023-12-16T08:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T13:29:04","slug":"rustin-2023-directed-by-george-c-wolfe-starring-colman-domingo-chris-rock-glynn-turman-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34827","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Rustin&#8221; (2023) directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Colman Domingo, Chris Rock &#038; Glynn Turman \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z121523zview_rustin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rustin <\/strong><\/em>(2023)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>George C. Wolfe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Julian Breece, Dustin Lance Black<\/strong> from a story by<strong>\u00a0Julian Breece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Colman Domingo<\/strong><strong>, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Aml Ameen<\/strong><strong>, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, Jeffrey Wright\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>CCH Pounder.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Own Your Power<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most everyone knows about the 1963 March on Washington which brought together 250,000 people to protest for civil rights.\u00a0 Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his I Have a Dream speech at this event.\u00a0 Bayard Rustin was the man who came up with the idea and against all odds (even the NAACP was against the idea at first) was able to build support and bring the idea to reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Rustin <\/strong><\/em>(2023) has been nominated for two <em>Critics Choice Awards<\/em>: <em>Best Actor<\/em> &#8211; Colman Domingo and <em>Best Song<\/em> -Lenny Kravitz &#8211;<em>\u00a0&#8220;Road to Freedom&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Rustin <\/strong><\/em>(2023) has been nominated for two <em>Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama<\/em> &#8211; Colman Domingo and <em>Best Original Song, Motion Picture<\/em> &#8211; Lenny Kravitz &#8211;<em>\u00a0&#8220;Road to Freedom&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Director George C. Wolfe who last directed <em>Ma Rainey&#8217;s Black Bottom<\/em> is back with another winner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colman Domingo gives an amazing performance as does his supporting cast.\u00a0 Glynn Turman also deserves special recognition for his powerful performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Rustin<\/em> isn&#8217;t a documentary, so I&#8217;m not clear what liberties were taken with the story.\u00a0 Bayard Rustin isn&#8217;t shown as simply a heroic figure. There are shades to his character as well as other better known figures from history. <em>Rustin<\/em>, the film, works as a biographical drama with strong performances and direction.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><em><strong>Rustin <\/strong><\/em>(2023) earns 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z121523zview_rustin2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rustin (2023) Director:\u00a0 George C. 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