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‘Devotion’ Review: Jonathan Majors Thrives In A Biopic That’s A Cut Above The Rest [TIFF]

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The looming specter of whiteness often plagues stories of Black achievement, overshadowing what should be singular moments of triumph.

Though it is true that these legends disrupted the framework of whiteness and pushed the world towards progress, the films about them don’t necessarily need to follow that same structural path.

There is an option to foreground these people’s interior lives, with whiteness instead functioning as mainly an obstacle within the narrative.

But films like “Hidden Figures” and “Green Book” are choked by their white characters, both good and bad, taking time and focus away from the Black historical figures we came to the theater to learn about.

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