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What to stream this week: Dolly Parton rocks out, 'The Crown' returns, 'Rustin' creates a march

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Colman Domingo's incredible performance in the civil rights biopic “Rustin” and Dolly Parton's rock music album are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.

Also among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists are a series where Godzilla, King Kong and other monsters are real, the fifth Persona video game and return of “The Crown.”

NEW MOVIES TO STREAM

— A powerhouse performance by Colman Domingo fuels the Netflix drama “Rustin,” streaming Friday Nov. 17, about the civil rights pioneer and March on Washington architect Bayard Rustin. The film, directed by George C. Wolfe, chronicles the run-up to the indelible 1963 march where Rev. Martin Luther King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. “Rustin,” the first narrative feature from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground, is a portrait of grassroots activism and of praised Domingo’s “debonair, frisky, droll, passionate and utterly captivating” performance.

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