#1106: KING, Regina: One Night in Miami . . . (2020)

KING, Regina (United States)
One Night In Miami . . . [2020]
Spine #1106
Blu-ray


Adapted by Kemp Powers from his acclaimed play, the feature directorial debut of Academy Award–winning actor Regina King puts viewers in a room with four icons at the forefront of Black American culture as they carouse, clash, bare their souls, and grapple with their places within the sweeping change of the civil rights movement. February 25, 1964, has gone down in history as the day that the brash young boxer Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) defeated Sonny Liston, but what happened after the fight was perhaps even more incredible: Ali, civil rights leader Malcolm X, NFL great Jim Brown, and “King of Soul” Sam Cooke all came together at a Miami motel. Electric with big ideas and activist spirit, One Night in Miami . . . plunges us into the midst of an intimate, ongoing conversation—and a defining moment in American history.

114 minutes
Color
5.1 Surround
2:39:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2021

Director/Writers

Written by Kemp Powers.
Regina King was 49 when she directed One Night in Miami . . .

The Film

A

Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Twenty-page booklet featuring an essay by critic Gene Seymour.

Commentary

None.

Conversation 1

Between King and filmmaker Kasi Lemmons.

Conversation 2

Among King, screenwriter Powers, and critic Gil Robertson.

Conversation 3

Between King and filmmaker Barry Jenkins from a 2021 episode of The Director’s Cut — a DGA Podcast.

Program 1

Featuring King and actors Ben-Adir, Goree, Hodge and Odom Jr.

Program 2

On the making of the film, featuring King, Powers, DP Tami Reiker, editor Tariq Anwar, producer Judy Klein, costumer designer Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, and set decorator Janessa Hitsman.

Program 3

On the film’s sound design, featuring sound editor and mixer Andy Hay, sound mixer Paul Ledford, and music producer Nick Baxter.

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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