Intimate portrait of Bayard Rustin, black civil-rights activist, organiser of Martin Luther King’s March on Washington, and gay. Back then Bayard, who is now dead, chose the civil rights movement rather than gay liberation. His partner, Walter Naegle, describes how, despite the impossibility of same-sex marriage, they rebelliously managed to tie the knot legally.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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Reluctantly Queer
Hushed monologue in black-and-white in which a young Ghanaian immigrant confesses in a warm, openhearted letter to his mother that his love for men wa -
My Josephine
Two Arab immigrants work in a launderette where, just after 9/11, American flags are washed free of charge. While they fold flags meticulously, true l -
Chlorophyl
Young woman wrestles with her identity and failed relationship, reflected in the city of Miami. A cinematographic exploration of change as a natural p -
Tall Enough
An interracial love story, made for Bloomingdale’s department store, but there’s not a product in sight. A visual and introspective study of lov -
195 Lewis
A web series about the loves and challenges faced by a group of black, queer, polyamorous women in Brooklyn.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 16'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
