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The 24th
This drama set in 1917 Houston offers a “blisteringly relevant” look at a revealingly grim event, said Lindsey Bahr in the Associated Press. That summer, black soldiers mutinied in response to police abuse, resulting in a night of violence and 19 military hangings. “This is a difficult story in which violence and dehumanization beget violence and dehumanization,” and the movie could have been subtler. But it finds an appealing lead in Trai Byers and provides a “sobering and worthwhile”