Rustin (2023)

Nominated for Best Actor    This was a much better biopic than Maestro and should have been nominated for at least as many things.  Content warning:  violent assault, racism, homophobia

Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) wants to put on the largest peaceful protest in American history, marching straight up to the White House and the National Mall.  It's just him and a small team of dedicated young volunteers because Rustin has alienated the major Civil Rights groups like the NAACP by being unapologetically gay and Black.  Even his dear friend Martin Luther King, Jr. (Aml Ameen) turned his back on Rustin in the past.  But this new protest is bigger and more audacious than any that came before and Rustin is the only one who can pull it off.

Domingo is the only person in the cast who got a nomination but he definitely deserves it.  This is a much better performance than The Color Purple.  I think Cillian Murphy is going to walk away with the Oscar but I would definitely not be mad if it was Colman Domingo instead.  

Look, you already know that we should be highlighting the people in our shared history that have had their achievements go unnoticed or attributed to more "palatable" heroes.  So watch this.  

It's currently streaming on Netflix.