(This was taken at the Umlauf Sculpture garden)Recently I posted on facebook about a movie I saw on Amazon called One Night in Miami. It's about Cassius Clay aka Muhammed Ali, Sam Cooke, Malcolm X and Football great turned actor, Jim Brown. When I started watching, I kept thinking, this would make a great stage play. I then saw that it was based on the stage play and it's directed by Oscar winning actress, Regina King. It's really an interesting piece of work as the four characters come together after Cassisus Clay wins and fight and they celebrate in a hotel room. There is no big party as Malcolm X is trying to convert the men into becoming Muslims. Cassius Clay has already decided he will convert, but Sam Cooke and Jim Brown are not willing to make the change. There are a lot of issues that come up and Malcolm X tries to lay a guilt trip on them. He uses all tactics, but each man stands his ground. Eli Goree plays Cassius Clay, Kingsley Ben-Adir plays Malcolm X. He gives an incredile performance and looks a little like the iconic activist. Leslie Odom, Jr. plays crooner Sam Cooke and Aldis Hodge as Football legend Jim Brown. One of my favorite lines in the movie is by Leslie Odom, Jr. as Sam Cooke, "I don't want a piece of the pie, I want the whole pie, I want the receipe."
There are a few other movies I plan to watch, Sylvie's Love and the Sound of Metal are on my watchlist.
In my collection I watched Dreamgirls and The Temptations over the weekend. I was supposed to be watching movies that had black actors in them. So far I've been able to do that even with the stuff I am watching on Amazon. I'm still watching Season 1 of The Wilds. I want to see it through. I did see a very good series called The Fall with Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan and Ben Peel. It's a series about control from a serial killer to the female detective out to catch him. The invasion of a person's space. It's slow moving, but I found it very interesting. There were 3 seasons.
Another series that I watched was called Sneaky Pete with Giavanni Ribisi. It should have been called Sneaky People. Everyone is trying to run a hustle of some sort. It has some funny moments, but I prefer the first season. It's a bit more serious, but it's worth a look. Margo Martindale is also excellent as the mother who works as a bail bondsman.
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