‘One Night in Miami’ Film Review: Regina King Goes the Distance in Impressive Feature Directorial Debut
Also Read: Regina King's Feature Film Directorial Debut 'One Night in Miami' Acquired by AmazonThe men in question are Cassius Clay (Eli Goree, “Riverdale”), in Miami to battle Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship; his friend and spiritual adviser Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir, “Noelle”), who’s helping Clay embrace Islam even as Malcolm is parting ways with his own mentor, Elijah Muhammad; NFL legend Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge, “The Invisible Man”), who’s just starting to dip his toes into a movie career; and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr., “Hamilton”), climbing the music charts and running a successful label but still facing indifference and hostility from upscale white audiences.Powers places them all inside a motel room on the night of