One Night in Miami
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A pivotal night in American history returns to the screen with a post-film conversation that brings its legacy into the present at Coral Gables Art Cinema.
One Night in Miami screens Monday, February 23 as a special Black History Month presentation, followed by a panel discussion with historian Dr. Marvin Dunn and Curb Gardner, CEO of the Historic Hampton House.
Directed by Regina King and adapted by Kemp Powers from his award-winning play, One Night in Miami… imagines the evening of February 25, 1964, when newly crowned heavyweight champion Cassius Clay, soon to become Muhammad Ali, gathered in a Miami motel room with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown. Set against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement, the film explores the private conversations and public responsibilities of four cultural icons at a transformative moment in American history. Through debate and reflection, the story examines race, power, faith and the weight of influence in a divided nation.
The screening will be followed by a discussion featuring Dr. Marvin Dunn, author of Black Miami in the Twentieth Century and A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes, and founder of the Miami Center for Racial Justice. Joining him is Curb Gardner II, Executive Director of the Historic Hampton House, the nation’s only Green Book museum and a landmark of Black cultural history in Miami. Together, they will offer historical context and local perspective on the film’s themes and the era it portrays.
This one-night event offers an opportunity to revisit a defining cultural moment through film and conversation in honor of Black History Month.