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As a 25-year-old Boston Symphony assistant conductor, he was speaking to audiences, sharing enthusiasm that not all uptight Bostonians were quite ready for.

However, I couldn’t let him slip this fastball by a native Bostonian.

“The Bostonians” got an Oscar nomination for Vanessa Redgrave, but the film never quite had the visibility of many films they made after.

“For me, the novelty had worn out. I got to the point where I didn’t really want them to win,” said Evans, a native Bostonian and lifelong local sports fan.

The push is part of a larger discussion on forms of atonement to Black Bostonians for the city’s role in slavery and its legacy of inequality.