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Jan 15, 2021 · One Night in Miami. On February 25, 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida, heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston met Cassius Clay in the ring for the first of their two famous bouts. Clay emerged victorious, earning the championship and skyrocketing the career of the man who would later be known as Muhammad Ali.
Jan 14, 2021 · ‘One Night in Miami’ Review: After the Big Fight, a War of Words A 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown is the subject of Regina King’s riveting directorial...
- Regina King
- A.O. Scott
- 114 min
Dec 25, 2020 · 98% Tomatometer 346 Reviews 78% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings On one incredible night in 1964, four icons of sports, music, and activism gathered to celebrate one of the biggest upsets in boxing...
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- Regina King
- R
- Kingsley Ben-Adir
Jan 22, 2021 · Richard Brody reviews the actor Regina King’s début feature drama, “One Night in Miami,” based on a play by Kemp Powers, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X, Eli Goree as Cassius Clay...
- Four legends, one awesome directing debut for Regina King.
- Verdict
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...
One Night in Miami is a magnificent piece of filmmaking and storytelling. From Regina King's masterful directorial debut to Kemp Powers' thought-provoking, mesmerizing adapted screenplay,...
Jan 15, 2021 · One Night in Miami is a thoughtful study of Black celebrity, power, and justice. Regina King’s directorial debut follows Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, and Malcolm X over one night in...
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