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Netflix's 'Rustin' biopic trailer sees Colman Domingo as the legendary civil rights leader

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We've seen a glimmer of it, now the whole trailer is here.

Netflix's upcoming biopic Rustin sees Euphoria and The Color Purple star Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin, the legendary civil rights leader, activist, and organiser responsible for planning 1963's historic March on Washington with A. Phillip Randolph Jr., where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech would be forever immortalised.

The film, helmed by Ma Rainey's Black Bottom director George C. Wolfe, has a major cast, including Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mahalia Jackson, Chris Rock as Roy Wilkins, Jeffrey Wright as Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Glynn Turman as A. Philip Randolph, Audra McDonald as Ella Baker, Aml Ameen as Martin Luther King Jr., CCH Pounder as Dr. Anna Hedgeman, and more.

Having premiered at Telluride and TIFF earlier this year, Rustin hits cinemas Nov. 3 and is streaming on Netflix Nov. 17.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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