Regina King, ‘One Night in Miami’ Stars on Bringing History to the Present and New Oscars Inclusion Guidelines
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variety.comAngelique Jackson Regina King is not only bringing history to life with her film “One Night in Miami,” she’s making history of her own.After becoming the first Black female director to have a film at the Venice Film Festival, King and her cast reunited at the Toronto International Film Festival to celebrate the movie’s early positive reviews.
Joining the Variety Virtual Studio at the festival, King and the film’s stars, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr., shared how they captured the essence of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay), football star Jim Brown and Sam Cooke, respectively.Already a celebrated television director, King recalls that she was looking “to tell a love story with a historical backdrop”.
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