America ReFramed: Brother Outsider
- Feature Film
- 2013
- 87 Mins
Long before Martin Luther King Jr. rose to national prominence, Rustin was putting his life on the line in pursuit of racial equality. His advocacy of pacifism and Gandhian nonviolence made him a pioneer in the 1940s and, a decade later, an inspiration to King. But he was also a political liability, and eventually the civil rights movement shunned him, because he was gay.
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Film Credits
- Bennett Singer Director, Producer
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- Nancy Kates Director, Producer
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- Sam Pollard Executive Producer
- Mridu Chandra Co-Producer
- Veronica Selver Editor
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- Rhonda Collins Editor
- Robert Shepard Director of Photography
- B. Quincy Griffin Composer
Critical Acclaim
Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles TimesA potent and persuasive piece of historical rediscovery.
Elvis Mitchell, The New York TimesBrother Outsider moves through the complications of Rustin's life – a black man who stayed out of the spotlight because he knew his homosexuality would cost the movement mainstream credibility – like a lunar cycle, tracking all of the turbulence around him and the power of his own gravitational pull. Brother Outsider is packed with information that hasn't been widely circulated.