Brother outsider : the life of Bayard Rustin /
A documentary examining the life of Bayard Rustin, one of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, and an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. However, Rustin was forced to play a background role in landmark civil rights events bec...
| Other Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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[United States] :
Question Why Films,
[2002]
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | A documentary examining the life of Bayard Rustin, one of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, and an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. However, Rustin was forced to play a background role in landmark civil rights events because he was homosexual. This feature-length portrait unfolds both chronologically and thematically, using interviews with others, and Rustin's own voice, taken from his writings, papers, correspondence, and recorded interviews |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced in 2002 for television broadcast. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (83 min.)) |
| Playing Time: | 01:24:55 |
| Awards: | Won 2004 American Library Association Notable Video Award Won 2003 Cine Golden Eagle |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Robert Shepard ; editors, Veronica Selvern and Rhonda Collins ; music, B. Quincy Griffin. |