Adapting his play, screenwriter Kemp Powers peppers his scenario with historical facts and truths about each of his characters. He imagines what they said to each other during their real-life meeting, and the writing finds an emotional accuracy within its dramatic license. The result is a riveting drama that at times evokes Spike Lee and Reggie Bythewood’s “Get On The Bus.” Both films allow us to sit with Black men and listen to them engage one another with the honesty and freedom they can only fully enjoy without the presence of White America. Absent the prying eyes of “polite company,” these men strip their masks and dive headfirst into the invigorating and deep pool of “keeping it a hundred.” I’ve quoted Ossie Davis’ “Purlie Victorious” line before, but it’s appropriate here too: “Being Black can be a lot of fun when ain’t nobody lookin’.” These men know it, and “One Night In Miami” shows it to us.

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This is a very good film, full of memorable performances and thought-provoking speeches and arguments. The accomplishments of King and her actors are even more impressive when you stop to think about the shadows these men cast, both in their real-life incarnations and their cinematic representations. Brown and Ali were larger than life as sports figures on the TV and as characters on the big screen. Ali played himself in “The Greatest,” and Will Smith got an Oscar nomination as Ali as well. Sam Cooke was one of the biggest singers of his era, doing concerts and appearances you can easily find on YouTube. And if Malcolm X weren’t already electrifying in his speeches and his autobiography, Denzel Washington immortalized him in Spike Lee’s 1992 masterpiece. One can’t envy the intimidating undertaking this cast is tasked with in this film.

Yet, each actor excels in his part, masterfully handling their individual moments as well as their ensemble scenes. Odom, a Tony winner for “Hamilton,” is pure joy singing Cooke’s songs, leaning into the performances even when he’s just casually singing to himself. Williams housethird grade reading streets. He’s the biggest star at this moment, bearing witness to the ascension and conversion of one sports figure and the retirement of another. He’s also in the room with a civil rights powerhouse facing his own changes via a crisis of his own faith in a spiritual leader. Cooke doesn’t see how his voice can be as powerful a weapon for his people as Malcolm’s speeches, and he’s a bit resentful that his own successful music business ventures aren’t seen as a means to help the community. In one of the few times the film leaves its present, Cooke is seen saving a disastrous concert appearance by having the audience amplify the power of his a capella performance by stomping along to his hit, “Chain Gang.” Odom’s musical performance practically shakes the screen; not for nothing does he end the film with Cooke’s classic Civil Rights anthem, “A Change Is Gonna Come.”

Regina King has made a name for herself in front of the camera in “Watchmen,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and so many other projects in recent years. Now, she goes behind the lens with her first feature, and it’s an impressive calling card. Reading guided reading 101 5th. Written by Kemp Powers (who co-directed and co-wrote “Soul”), it sets up a fictional conversation that Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adair), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) had after Ali’s legendary 1964 defeat of Sonny Liston in Miami. The ensemble cast simply knocks it out of the park.

Where: Opens Jan. 8 at Alamo Drafthouse LaCenterra, Katy; Cinemark 17, The Woodlands; Cinemark Pearland; begins streaming Jan. 15 on Amazon Prime.

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Movie critic Bruce Miller says, 'One Night in Miami' hits at the very heart of the Black movement in 1964. It's utterly believable because the film delves into each character's backstory. Lauded fan favorite actress Regina King, a veteran of directing for television, makes her feature film debut here with One Night in Miami, adapted from the K. One Night in Miami Review: While some of its debates may feel a tad repetitive, Regina King's directorial debut largely shines thanks to her incredible direction, Kemp Powers' powerfully relevant.

1. It’s supposed to be a celebration. On a balmy night in Miami, in February 1964, four friends — Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke — get together in a humble room at a black.
2. 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.

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