Reviews‘One Night in Miami’ review: Regina King’s directing debut electrifiesPosted on January 15, 2021 In 1964, Black icons Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown gathered in a Florida motel room one evening. This real historical anecdote inspired a 2013 play by Kemp Powers, “One Night in Miami,” and now actor Regina King makes her directorial debut with an assured, electrifying film adaptation.