Events Calendar · October 2023
Spotlight on Director George C. Wolfe
Date: Sunday, October 8, 2023
Time: 6:45 pm in San Rafael
Phone: 877-874.-6833
Celebrating 46 years of film in Marin County from October 5th through October 15th! The internationally renowned Mill Valley Film Festival offers a high-profile, prestigious, non-competitive environment perfect for celebrating the best in independent and world cinema. MVFF (the oldest fall film festival in California) remains committed to celebrating film and filmmakers and offering the highest resources and production elements possible, whatever challenges the world throws our way. We are approaching 2023 with the same commitment to quality and openness to opportunity as we plan for our showcase of new cinema at MVFF46.
Emmy winner Colman Domingo’s (If Beale Street Could Talk, MVFF41) fully immersive performance animates this rousing and intimate portrait of gay Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin. This insightful biopic chronicles Rustin’s leadership in conceiving and co-organizing the 1963 March on Washington in just a matter of weeks, while exploring his deep yet complicated friendship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Aml Ameen), the challenges he faced in convening so many Civil Rights groups for the event, and the racist and homophobic backlash he endured. Tony winner George C. Wolfe deftly directs Julian Breece and Oscar® winner Dustin Lance Black’s sharp screenplay depicting this monumental history. Produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, the drama draws much vitality from Domingo’s phenomenal turn, as he tenderly portrays the passion, pain, and joy of Rustin’s life and activism. —Celeste Wong
Additional Location or Other Information
Cine Arts Sequoia Theater in Mill Valley / Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael / The Lark Theater in Larkspur / BAMPFA in Berkeley / Century Theater-Larkspur Landing / The Roxie in San Francisco
