Men of the Moment The enlightened dude

You may remember 23-year-old Stephan James as earnest, young future congressman John Lewis in Selma. His heroines? “Meryl Streep,” he says. “Julianne Moore and Ava Duvernay – she holds such power on set.” In Race, he portrays another star in America’s history: runner Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.