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Jan 14, 2021 · Malcolm’s manner can be didactic, but “One Night in Miami” is anything but. Instead of a group biopic or a ready-made costume drama, it’s an intellectual thriller, crackling with the ...
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A hauntingly powerful reflection on larger-than-life figures, One Night in Miami finds Regina King in command of her craft in her feature directorial debut. Read Critics Reviews
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By Kristy Puchko
Updated: Nov 3, 2022 6:45 pm
Posted: Jan 15, 2021 7:30 pm
One Night in Miami is now available on Amazon Prime.
With an eye to social politics, Regina King has forged a storied career as an actress. She's appeared in challenging and heralded films, like Boyz In The Hood, Ray, and If Beale Street Could Talk, for which she won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. On television, she gave voice to the spirited brothers at the center of the superb cartoon series Boondocks. Then, just last year she awed audiences as Sister Night in the revered HBO sequel to the graphic novel Watchmen. Since 2013, King's been carving out a career as a director as well, helming a slew of TV dramas. Now, King has come to put her auteur stamp on cinema with her feature directorial debut One Night In Miami, and she does so with all the confidence and might of Muhammad Ali.
Adapted from Kemp Powers' play of the same name, One Night In Miami imagines what might have been said between four major figures of 1960s Black Excellence. It's set on February 25, 1964, the monumental night when Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) was crowned the world heavyweight boxing champion. After the fight, Cassius (Eli Goree) celebrates with friends: millionaire soul singer Sam Cooke (Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr.), NFL star Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), and Civil Rights activist Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir). However, revelry turns to tension as the foursome begins to debate what it means to be Black and famous in America.
There will be much talk about how One Night In Miami's conversation is reminiscent of Black Lives Matter. Make no mistake: it's the same conversation that has been going on for generations. Kemp Powers' thoughtful script gives us an insight into what might have been going on behind the sports and entertainment performances that awed us, and in doin...
Jan 15, 2021 · Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown meet in a hotel in Regina King's directorial debut, streaming on Amazon Prime. Read the Empire review.
Jan 14, 2021 · The intimate Amazon Studios film re-creates a historic motel-room meeting between Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Cassius Clay.
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Jan 15, 2021 · One Night in Miami imagines what that conversation might have been like, interweaving dramatizations of things these four extraordinary men actually said and did. The result is a blend of...
Jan 7, 2021 · Review: Four legends walk into a motel room in Regina King’s superbly acted ‘One Night in Miami ... The first time we see the four protagonists together in “One Night in Miami ...
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