Trailer For ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI Images Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown Meeting in 1969
Regina King (Watchmen) is making her directorial debut with an upcoming film titled One Night in Miama. The first trailer for this film has been released, and it imagines what it might have been like had world champion boxer Muhammad Ali, activist Malcolm X, renowned singer Sam Cooke, and pro football player Jim Brown all got together for one night back in 1964.
The logline reads, “What happens when Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke find themselves in the same room.”
The film is an adaptation of the award-winning play of the same name, and as you might imagine, the characters spark up some powerful topics of conversation including racial injustice, religion, and personal responsibility.
The film stars Eli Goree (Riverdale) as Muhammad Ali, Kingsley Ben-Adir (High Fidelity) as Malcolm X, Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) as Sam Cooke, and Aldis Hodge (Straight Outta Compton) as Jim Brown. Here’s the synopsis:
On one incredible night in 1964, four icons of sports, music, and activism gathered to celebrate one of the biggest upsets in boxing history. When underdog Cassius Clay, soon to be called Muhammad Ali, (Eli Goree), defeats heavy weight champion Sonny Liston at the Miami Convention Hall, Clay memorialized the event with three of his friends: Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) and Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge).
Based on the award-winning play of the same name, and directed by Regina King, One Night In Miami… is a fictional account inspired by the historic night these four formidable figures spent together. It looks at the struggles these men faced and the vital role they each played in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the 1960s. More than 40 years later, their conversations on racial injustice, religion, and personal responsibility still resonate.
One Night in Miami will be released in select theaters on December 25th, 2020, and then it will be released on Amazon Prime on January 15th, 2021.