Human Rights Watch International Film Festival - High School Video Catalog

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Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

Directed By:	Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer
Produced In:	USA 2002
Running Time:	83 minutes
Genre:	Documentary
Language:	English
Themes:	Cultural Identity: African American, LGBT, Racism
Distributor:	California Newsreel

Synopsis: Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. Bayard Rustin’s activism for peace, racial equality, economic justice and human rights, and how he navigated through his life and career as an openly gay man are the themes of this portrait.

Links:
View the P.O.V. Discussion Guide and watch the film's trailer Hear perspectives from openly gay activists and politicians on Rustin's legacy and what it means to be out in politics today. View the Examining Predjudice Lesson Plan View a lesson plan exploring the roots of the Civil Rights Movement Download the Brother Outsider discussion guide