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How ‘One Night In Miami’ Writer Kemp Powers Turned History To His Advantage – Contenders Film: The Nominees
When it premiered last September at the Venice Film Festival, Regina King’s directorial debut One Night In Miami was an early frontrunner for awards. Oscar-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song and Best Supporting Actor, the film is based on the acclaimed play by Kemp Powers, which tells a fictional account of the night of February 25, 1964, when boxer Cassius Clay, activist Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke and NFL star Jim Brown, soon to become an actor, spend an evening together in a Miami hotel room.
