Watch the First Inspiring Trailer for Colman Domingo's Rustin Biopic

Colman Domingo better get ready for an Oscar!

The first trailer for George C. Wolfe and Colman Domingo’s upcoming biopic Rustin, about gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, is here and it is already inspiring us.

The trailer shows how Rustin was integral in planning the historic March on Washington in 1963, where more than 250,000 people marched to the Lincoln Memorial to watch Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech. It has gone down in history as one of the most important political protests ever.

Now, we get to see what Rustin’s role was in organizing the event.

The trailer also shows how Rustin’s sexuality was used against him, even in his own community, while he was fighting for the rights of everyday people in 1960’s America.

“To hell with Bayard Rustin,” NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins (Chris Rock) says about him. “His attention-grabbing antics make him an easy target, and let’s not mention the unmentionable.”

Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (Jeffrey Wright) is also wary of Rustin’s involvement in the movement. “Your mere presence would derail the fight for racial justice in this country for a good 10-15 years,” he warns.

“On the day I was born Black, I was also born a homosexual,” Rustin retorts.