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Nicole Cooke-Johnson and her grandmother, Barbara Cooke, cried tears of joy the first time they saw Regina King s One Night in Miami.. In fact, they were so moved they watched it twice.
The film, written by Kemp Powers, who also co-directed Pixar s animated Oscar contender Soul, imagines a conversation among Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). It marked the first time Cooke s granddaughter and widow had ever seen the soul legend portrayed onscreen. And Odom s performance â which earned him a supporting actor Oscar nomination to go with his original song nod for the film s end-credits track, Speak Now â more crucially won the approval of Cooke s family.
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Nicole Cooke-Johnson and her grandmother, Barbara Cooke, cried tears of joy the first time they saw Regina King‘s “One Night in Miami..” In fact, they were so moved they watched it twice.
The film, written by Kemp Powers, who also co-directed Pixar’s animated Oscar contender “Soul,” imagines a conversation among Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge). It marked the first time Cooke’s granddaughter and widow had ever seen the soul legend portrayed onscreen. And Odom’s performance which earned him a supporting actor Oscar nomination to go with his original song nod for the film’s end-credits track, “Speak Now” more crucially won the approval of Cooke’s family.