WestEnd Films has acquired world rights to Untitled Judo, a political thriller co-directed by Guy Nattiv (Skin, Golda) and actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider).
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When researching the Civil Rights Movement for my novel, “The Last Good Republican,” I became fascinated with one particular figure from that turbulent era who is often overlooked. Bayard Rustin, besides being a Black American, was also gay and a socialist during a period when any of those three traits could easily marginalize one to the sidelines of society. Instead, this complex figure rose to the summit of 20th century America’s struggle for full rights.
He grew up in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and knew at an early age of his same-sex attraction. Fortunately, his family was supportive, and his Quaker grandmother (who raised him) had commented that if he liked spending time with other boys “I suppose that’s what you need to do.” By his early adult years, his time at college had exposed him to leftist political ideas, which guided him in the decades to follow, synthesizing with his pacifist Quaker upbringing into a global worldview of humanitarianism and egalitarianism.
Rustin actively began organizing protests in the 1930s, and by 1941 he along with other Black activists met with President Franklin Roosevelt to push for racial desegregation in not only the armed services (where Black troops were commanded by white officers), but also in employment.
Cognizant of the risk in resisting the racist strictures of Jim Crow, Rustin was arrested and beaten by police in 1942 for refusing to move to the back of the bus. But, undeterred, he continued to fight for justice, not only for Blacks, but also the Japanese Americans who were interned during World War II.
In 1948, Rustin traveled to India, where he became a disciple of Gandhi’s techniques of nonviolent protest. The Indian independence leader had just led his nation through
WestEnd Films has acquired world rights to Untitled Judo, a political thriller co-directed by Guy Nattiv (Skin, Golda) and actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Holy Spider).
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