Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Gay trailblazer Bayard Rustin to get his own biopic, courtesy of Barack Obama & Dustin Lance Black
posthumous pardon for gay sex crimes, Civil Rights icon Bayard Rustin is getting his own biopic, produced by former President Barack Obama and Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black.The Hollywood Reporter reports that Obama’s production company Higher Ground–co-owned with former First Lady Michelle Obama–will produce Rustin for Netflix films.
Openly gay, African-American director George C. Wolfe (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the original Broadway production of Angels in America) will direct the film from a script by Black.No casting or release dates have been announced. [Note to Mr.
Wolfe, please get Billy Porter on the phone.]Related: WATCH: We debate the power of dialogue with ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ director George C.
