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 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—the United States 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 but satisfying social justice drama set against the backdrop of the Korean War, “Devotion” wowed on the biggest possible screen at the Toronto Film Festival two months before its November 23 theatrical release. With elements of "Green Book" and "Red Tails," the film is more than a poignant case of black exceptionalism; it also celebrates the only white officer to support Brown, Tom Hudner, treating the bond these two men forme...