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One Night in Miami… dvd

A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered discussing their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and cultural upheaval of the 60s.

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One Night in Miami… is a 2020 American drama film directed by Regina King in her feature film directorial debut with a screenplay by Kemp Powers based on his 2013 stage play of the same name. The film is a fictionalized account of a February 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke in a room at the Hampton House, celebrating Ali’s surprise title win over Sonny Liston. It stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr. in the lead roles, with Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette Robinson, and Beau Bridges in supporting roles.

 

Plot

In 1963, Cassius Clay nearly loses a boxing match to Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium in London. At the Copacabana in New York City, soul singer Sam Cooke suffers through a performance in front of a cold, all-white audience. Returning home to Georgia, NFL player Jim Brown is received by family friend Mr. Carlton on a vast plantation. Carlton ladles praise on “the great Jim Brown,” but when Brown offers to help Carlton move some furniture, Carlton reminds Brown that “you know we don’t allow niggers in the house.” Elsewhere, Malcolm X returns home and discusses his plans to leave the Nation of Islam with his wife, Betty.

 

Cast

Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X
Eli Goree as Cassius Clay
Aldis Hodge as Jim Brown
Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke
Lance Reddick as Brother Kareem
Christian Magby as Jamaal
Joaquina Kalukango as Betty X
Nicolette Robinson as Barbara Cooke
Michael Imperioli as Angelo Dundee
Lawrence Gilliard Jr. as Drew Bundini Brown
Beau Bridges as Mr. Carlton. He is based on a real acquaintance of Brown’s, who made him stay on the porch of his house and would not let him inside because he is Black, as depicted in the film, and written about in Brown’s autobiography.
Emily Bridges as Emily Carlton
Jeremy Pope as Jackie Wilson
Christopher Gorham as Johnny Carson
Jerome A. Wilson as Elijah Muhammad
Amondre D. Jackson as L.C. Cooke, Sam’s brother
Aaron D. Alexander as Sonny Liston
Randall Newsome as Myron Cohen
Alan Wells as Ed McMahon
Sean Monaghan as Henry Cooper

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