SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 at 3:00 PM

DIRECTIONS

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Dirs. N. Kates & B. Singer (USA, 2003, 84 min.)

A compelling documentary that presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th Century American history -Bayard Rustin. Although his name lacks the familiarity of other major Civil Rights leaders -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph - the film shows that he nonetheless played a central role in the movement's seminal events during the 1950s and '60s. Bayard Rustin was one of the first "freedom riders," organizer of the march on Washington, intelligent, gregarious, and gay.

It explores the emotional consequences of a hush-hush intimate relationship between two African-American high school boys. It tells the story of a young man, Ty Evans, coming to terms with his sexuality and the inner conflict he experiences. The true extent of Ty's relationship with his classmate, Kevin Banks, begins to trouble him when the boys get into a schoolyard shoving match . As the tension between them escalates, Ty realizes what began as innocent curiosity and experimentation has blossomed into something deeper.