“One Night in Miami,” and now actor Regina King makes her directorial debut with an assured, electrifying film adaptation. It’s an ensemble production of the first order, its four leads taking standout moments at various points as the characters mull the state of the civil rights movement, the power and meaning of their own celebrity, and what the future might hold for them and for the country.The occasion?
Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) – soon to change his name to Muhammad Ali — is in Miami to fight Sonny Liston for the title of World Heavyweight Champion, a matchup the charismatic 22-year-old Clay is widely predicted to lose.
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