Rustin

It’s a perfectly reasonable shorthand picture that can comfortably play in high school history classrooms for years to come...

...an energetic telling of how the biggest peaceful protest in American history came together in just eight weeks, through scrappy grassroots organising and the strength of Rustin’s relentless optimism and charisma.

...the bare bones of the story are so undeniably impressive that it’s hard not to feel moved by what was achieved, a feeling that’s also largely down to Domingo’s all-guns-blazing performance. He nails the charming persuasiveness...

Justice is mostly served for a forgotten civil rights leader.

...elevated by a thrillingly dynamic central performance from the versatile Colman Domingo.

Domingo, who has built an impressive résumé on stage and screen without ever truly breaking out, gives a tremendous performance as Bayard Rustin — a man unapologetic in his sexuality and vociferously committed to the movement.