In this episode of Movies I Give a Fork About, AJ revisits Rustin (2023) — the powerful historical drama centered on Bayard Rustin, the civil rights strategist who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington while spending decades pushed into the background of history.

The episode explores why Rustin’s contributions were minimized for so long, how the film handles identity, activism, and political sacrifice, and why Colman Domingo delivers one of the most emotionally authentic performances AJ has seen in years.

AJ also reflects on the emotional loneliness running underneath the film, the difference between understanding someone and recognizing their humanity, and why Rustin feels painfully relevant today.

This is not a flashy Hollywood historical drama. It’s a quieter, deeply human film about dignity, authenticity, sacrifice, and the people history often chooses not to remember.

Spoiler-free as always — because sometimes the most important stories are the ones history almost erased.  

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