Rustin with Director George C. Wolfe, Actor Colman Domingo and Producer Bruce Cohen

Moderator Annette Insdorf will discuss Rustin onstage with the director, the star, and the producer following a screening of the film. From a script by Julian Reece and Dustin Lance Black, this powerful biopic illuminates not only the inspirational passion of gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin — the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington — but the tumultuous times that led up to the event. Colman Domingo is riveting in the title role, and the excellent supporting cast includes Chris Rock, Jeffrey Wright and Audra McDonald.

George C. Wolfe won the 1993 Tony Award for directing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, and another Tony in 1996 for his direction of the musical Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk. Wolfe also directed the world premiere of the second part of Kushner’s Angels in America, titled Perestroika. He served as Artistic Director of the Public Theater from 1993 until 2004, and moved into film directing with Lackawanna Blues, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Colman Domingo won an Emmy award for his performance in Euphoria, and has excelled playing supporting roles in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, If Beale Street Could Talk, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, and Selma. He also stars as Mister in the upcoming film musical of The Color Purple.

Bruce Cohen is the Academy Award winning producer of films including American Beauty, Milk, Big Fish, and Silver Linings Playbook. In addition to working with such directors as Sam Mendes, Gus Van Sant, Tim Burton and David O. Russell, he produced the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011, and has been executive producer of TV series including When We Rise.