"Brother Outsider" teaser

A teaser for the feature-length biopic "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin." Five years in the making and the winner of more than 20 awards, "Brother Outsider" illuminates the life and work of Bayard Rustin, a visionary activist and strategist who has been called "the unknown hero" of the civil rights movement. A tireless crusader for justice, a disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the legendary March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an openly gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. "Brother Outsider" reveals the price that Rustin paid for this openness, chronicling both the triumphs and setbacks of his remarkable 60-year career. For more info or to purchase the DVD visit WWW.RUTIN.ORG

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[nowatout]

I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT SOMEONES SEXUAL PREFERENCES IS IT TAKES ALL KINDS TO BRING PEACE & HARMONY TO THIS FUCKED UP WORLD ! IM STRAIGHT BUT I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST GAYS ! THIS MAN WAS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE MOVEMENT HE DESERVES HIS DUE, HE GAVE HIS LIFE !!!

[voxbop]

I have seen this film multiple times and it moves me every time. Rustin was truly an inspirational figure.

[moanman1776]

BRILLIANT! I'm glad that someone out there is finally telling the real story by giving Mr. Rustin his rightful due. His role, or more precisely like his revolutionary mindset and ideas were a crucial part of the civil rights movement. Sadly, his sexuality forced him into the background instead of the foreground where he belonged.

One Love.

[bearealman]

For those in the New Jersey / New York City area, we're screening Brother Outsider Monday September 26 with the film's director, Rustin's surviving life-partner, NAACP officers and others participating in a discussion afterwards. Find details at GAAMC dot org, click on This Monday at GAAMC. Thank you.

[babybunnyberry]

I think you meant RUSTIN.org!

Why, oh, why had I never heard of this person until today?

[DavidOwenWard]

@munich64 So what? He was a begger. Freedom ride to what? NO!! You have to have your own nation to be poilically strong in this country. Where are we now? Mind your business. He was intergrating into Americas politics!!!

[munich64]

@DavidOwenWard He organized the first freedom ride. He was constantly breaking laws and going to jail. That is not done by someone who is just "scared" or "soft". He never said "integrate", he only recognized the political necessity of organizing among diverse disenfranchised groups.

[DavidOwenWard]

How is he going to call himself a negro and then say human beings? He wanted to intergrate with a people who murdered our people. He was soft and scared..period!!! You have to die for something, or you'll be a slave alive!!!

[juicearibe]

He was before MLK.

[gnogko]

he's my hero!

i wanna listen his music...

[DiamandaHagan]

i really want to see that. bayard was a great man.