Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

The story of the life and work of Bayard Rustin - the gay man who mentored Martin Luther King. A visionary crusader, Rustin has been called the “unknown hero” and the “invisible man” of the American civil rights movement.

Invisible because he dared to live openly as a gay man during a time of homophobia so fierce that it kept most lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gendered people deeply closeted. An outsider because, as a black gay man, he challenged stereotypes within both the black and the white establishments of his time – stereotypes that still affect black gays and lesbians in our world. This moving and engaging record of Rustin’s life reveals the price he paid for his openness and chronicles his triumphs and setbacks over 60 years — including his role as chief organiser of the huge 1963 March on Washington.