Published 12:36 IST, November 19th 2020
Amazon releases Regina King’s directorial debut, 'One Night in Miami' trailer
Amazon Studios have released Regina King’s directorial debut named 'One Night in Miami' trailer. The movie will premiere on Amazon Prime from January 15
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Amazon Studios have released trailer for Regina King’s directorial debut named One Night in Miami. Based on award-winning play of same name, One Night in Miami trailer shows a night where Muhammed Ali (Eli Goree), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.), and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) talk an future of Black people in America and ir significant roles in shaping that future. Based on play of same name by Kemp Powers, who wrote screenplay, film invades one night in lives of four monumental Black legends as y ackwledge Ali’s historic 1964 win over Sonny Liston in a Miami hotel.
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Regina King is a popular actor and she steps behind camera for One Night in Miami. meeting of se four legends took place, but this is a fictionalized account of what was spoken about that night. In LFF review, writer Hel Harding Jones said that it delivered on multiple levels, encompassing Black history, culture, and music. He said that story contains four utterly captivating performances.
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In addition to four lead actors, One Night in Miami cast also includes Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette Robinson, Beau Bridges, and Lance Reddick. One Night in Miami premiered to rave reviews at 2020's Venice Film Festival, with critics picking on King’s cinematic and powerful performances of four main players. What makes One Night in Miami such a great debut is that it wrestles with questions you can tell have been on King’s mind. Regina King, who won an Oscar in 2019 for her work in film If Beale Street Could Talk, has been acting since mid-80s and been in a collection of classic movies including Boyz in Hood, Friday, Jerry Maguire, and is likely to win her fourth Emmy for her work in last year’s Watchmen. One Night in Miami is currently slated to play in select US atres on December 25 and in UK cinemas on December 26 before arriving on Amazon Prime from January 15.
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12:36 IST, November 19th 2020