The segregation era, Miami's Hampton House was a high-end hotel for African Americans which also doubled as a place of refuge during times of racial animus and for a night of heated discourse.
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C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, The Miami Herald February 20, 2021 - 12:10 AM
MIAMI - To successfully bring a stage play to the silver screen, the filmmaker must overcome the limitations of confined set.
Denzel Washington did it with âFences.â Sidney Lumet with âThe Wiz.â Barry Jenkins with âMoonlight.â
âOne Night in Miamiâ â a fictionalized take on the meeting of boxing legend Cassius Clay, civil rights activist Malcolm X, football star Jim Brown and soul singer Sam Cooke at the Hampton House â is no different. An adaptation of the eponymous stage play by Kemp Powers, the film utilizes its set to showcase the beauty of Blackness even in the darkest of times.
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