The True Events That Inspired The Movie One Night In Miami

The film is based on a one-act play by Kemp Powers (a long one-act play), and the playwright calls it “a work of fiction powered by the truth” – the truth being that Malcolm X, Cassius Clay before he was Muhammed Ali, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown, “four modern legends, really did hang out for one night in Miami, and yes, they really did bond over vanilla ice cream. – Vulture

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