The right to love, the fight for equality: streaming picks for MLK Day weekend
Welcome to your weekend streaming recommendations, a.k.a. the Weekend Watch, a handy guide to the queerest film and TV content that’s just a click away!This coming Monday is Martin Luther King Jr.
Day, a national day to remember and celebrate civil rights in the United States. This week’s streaming picks include films about civil rights, gay rights, and the heroes—both known and unsung—who fight for them.Read on for streaming picks about civil rights below.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.This critically acclaimed biopic—directed by George C.
Wolfe, written by Dustin Lance Black and Julian Breece—tells the story of Bayard Rustin (played by Colman Domingo), the gay civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington despite facing opposition from both the United States government and his own community.
Rustin features a career-defining star turn by Domingo, as well as sharp performances by Aml Ameen as Martin Luther King Jr., Chris Rock as Roy Wilkins, CCH Pounder as Anna Hedgeman, Audra McDonald as Ella Baker and many others.Now streaming on Netflix.Jeff Nichols’ stirring 2016 drama, starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and Richard Loving, tells the true story of Loving v.
