February 2, 2020

One Night In Miami (2020) **

It's not a very good film, but it's not a bad movie neither. An average, middle-of-the-road drama about four famous African-Americans meeting together in Miami in February 1964. It does contain, however, one jaw-dropping scene near the beginning of the film, involving an old Southern plantation owner (played by Beau Bridges). The scene is factual (unlike the rest of the film, which is mostly fiction), it's taken from Jim Brown's autobiography, but it is absolutely unbelievable, a merciless clash of genuine Southern hospitality and genuine Southern racism.