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Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell star as real-life Korean War heroes Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner, whose friendship reflects the US Navy's early attempts at integration. African-American boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to fight for his country, justifying himself with the oft-quoted quip: "No Viet Cong called me n—–." That's half the American story, and an important one. “Devotion” tells the other, presenting the story of a black pilot so determined to defend—and die for, if need be—America that he was willing to endure institutional bigotry to become the Jackie Robinson of the skies: Jesse Brown, the first aviator of color to complete the Navy's basic training program. A boxy yet satisfying social justice drama set against the backdrop of the Korean War, “Devotion” wowed on the biggest screen possible at the Toronto Film Festival two months before its November 23 theatrical release. With elements of "Green Book" and "Red Tails," the film is ...