Best Of: Colman Domingo On 'Rustin' / Cord Jefferson On 'American Fiction'

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🗓️ 16 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Colman Domingo stars in the biopic Rustin as Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader responsible for organizing the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was forced into the background because he was gay. Domingo is also starring in The Color Purple, as Mister, the abusive husband.

Maureen Corrigan shares her picks for the 10 best books of the year.

Also, writer and director Cord Jefferson talks about his new satirical film American Fiction. It's about a Black writer who can't get his novel published because it's not considered "Black enough." Under a pseudonym, he writes the kind of Black novel publishers seem to want.

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0:11.2	From W.H. Y.Y. in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air Weekend.
0:18.0	Today, Coleman Domingo, who stars in two big films released in time for the holidays. In the biopic Rustin, it plays
0:24.8	Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader most responsible for organizing the
0:29.1	1963 March on Washington, but he was forced into the background because he was gay.
0:35.1	In the color purple he plays Mr. The Abusive Husband.
0:38.7	Also, writer and director Court Jefferson talks about his new satirical film American fiction.
0:43.7	It's about a black writer who can't get his novel published because it's not considered
0:48.1	black enough. Under a pseudonym, he cynically writes the kind of black novel publishers seem to want.
0:54.4	Jefferson has also written for succession and watchman.
0:57.6	And Maureen Karigan shares her picks for the 10 best books of the year.
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