![]() The only things that break this monotonous gloom are occasional pops of brighter colors. It’s as if hopelessness follows Bigger through his every waking minute. ![]() The clouds never seem to part, the lightbulbs always seem dim. The flashes of indignation and violence that comes later seem almost unthinkable in the character we see at the start of “Native Son.”Ĭinematographer Matthew Libatique casts “Native Son” under a gloomy shadow in every frame. His shoulders stay haunched and guarded through much of the movie, as if trying to protect the character’s frail soul. Like his role as Chiron in Barry Jenkins’ “ Moonlight,” Sanders is painfully soft-spoken and meek, at least in the beginning of his saga. He rocks a metal meets Afro-punk look of green hair, DIY scrawled messages and buttons on his beat-up leather jacket, silver sings on every finger, black nail polish and the skinny pants that make him look even thinner. ![]() ![]() He works a low-paying job as a bike messenger and the biggest events on his calendar seem to be dinners with his family, running into friends throughout Chicago or meeting up with his cute girlfriend, a hairstylist named Bessie ( KiKi Layne). Now set in the present day, Wright’s hero, Bigger Thomas ( Ashton Sanders) is a young man in need of direction. ![]()
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