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One Night in Miami
MARIA DUARTE recommends a fictional reimagining of the night that four icons met – at a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
One Night in Miami (15)
Directed by Regina King
OSCAR-WINNING actor Regina King’s powerful, directorial-debut recounts the historic night of February 25 1964 in Miami, when Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge) and Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) celebrated Clay becoming the heavyweight champion of the world.
It is a fascinating fictional reimagining, based on the award-winning stage play by Kemp Powers, who also wrote the screenplay.
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