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“We gained traction with that project in the wake of the George Floyd murder and in a moment where there was a cultural correction and people seemed to want to do better. But now we’re in a moment where it’s evident that a lot of that was performative and not bone-deep. Projects like that suddenly become challenged. ‘Onyeka’ being one, ‘Return of the Rocketeer’ at Disney being another.”

Negron’s stylistic and storytelling influences are varied: from the retro technology and stylish imagery of “The Rocketeer” to a Southern Gothic aesthetic born of a Baptist upbringing.

She had small roles in prestigious movies like “The Rocketeer,” “The Firm,” “Lorenzo’s Oil” and “Nobody’s Fool.”

Even so, it’s hard to see von Braun’s transition from Nazi rocketeer to American hero as anything less than astonishing.

Sorvino was a mainstay in films and television for more than 50 years, playing an Italian American communist in Warren Beatty’s “Reds,” Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” and mob boss Eddie Valentine in “The Rocketeer.”