One Night in Miami, the directorial debut of Regina King and the movie adaptation of Kemp Powers’ acclaimed 2013 play, is an unusual piece of historical fiction: A setting and context of circumstances that were all real come together to provide a backdrop for an entirely imagined conversation. Much of the movie consists simply of four monumental American figures revolutionary Malcolm X, singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, athlete and actor Jim Brown, and fighter Muhammad Ali, then still going by Cassius Clay gathering in a small hotel room on the night of Feb. 25, 1964, each grappling with a significant turning point in his life that would come to alter the course of history. It’s a fascinating, if flawed, view of a particular moment most of us know very little about: what these men actually discussed with one another when they happened to have some hours to themselves, as the turbulence of the ’60s overshadowed everything. According to the Miami Herald, Powers first heard of this imp
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI: 4 STARS We ll never know exactly what was said between Cassius Clay, Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X, soul singer Sam Cooke, and football superstar Jim Brown behind closed doors in a Miami hotel room on February 25, 1964, but a new film by Oscar winner Regina King in her directorial debut offers up a fascinating what-if scenario. Going into the boxing ring on that night against heavyweight champion Sonny Liston, Cassius Clay (Halifax-born Eli Goree), who had not yet officially changed his name to Muhammad Ali, was a 7-to-1 underdog. When the fight was over, Clay was the youngest boxer to ever grab a title from a reigning heavyweight champion.
One Night in Miami : The True Story Behind the Amazon Movie
On 1/15/21 at 3:00 AM EST
One Night in Miami features four of the 60s most celebrated African-Americans in the same room together on the night that Cassius Clay (played by Eli Goree) won the World Heavyweight Championship in 1964.
In the film, streaming now on Amazon Prime Video, he is joined by three figures from sports, entertainment and politics, all of whom have very different ideas of what their responsibilities as prominent Black people are civil rights leader and Nation of Islam member Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), football star and sports commentator Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and singer Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.)
What to stream this weekend: WandaVision, One Night in Miami
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WandaVision, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali meet in
One Night in Miami and a new
Batwoman flies into action this weekend.
In addition, Carey Mulligan seeks revenge in
Promising Young Woman, Netflix follows a group of rich friends in
Bling Empire and Anthony Mackie is an android in
Outside the Wire.
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Here s a rundown on some of the films and television shows set to be released this weekend.
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Regina King's 'One Night in Miami' tells the story of four famous Black men Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke meeting up in a hotel room.