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Go get your friend back from Rustin film lessons
Michele L Norris argues that the Netflix biopic Rustin reveals the civil rights era flaws and resilience. A key scene with Ella Baker offers the line Go get your friend back, urging reunions and second chances to heal divisions and advance shared goals. Norris links this to present-day fractures and the need to restore relationships to move forward.
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Jack Nicholson
Meg Ryan
Bayard Rustin
Washington
Rustin
America
Disclosure
Higher Ground
Ella Baker
Lincoln Memorial
Baker
King
MLK
Audra McDonald
Austin