Regina King On Movie Directorial Debut ‘One Night In Miami’: “The Time Is Now For This Film” — Venice Film Festival

Regina King is no stranger to making a statement on the red carpet — even if it‘s a virtual one. She is now a 4-time winner.

#Emmys pic.twitter.com/ezbReAy4osThis isn't the first time King has worn the shirt. She wore it in an Instagram post last month, writing, "It's been 150 days since Breonna Taylor was murdered in her sleep by Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove—and her killers have not been charged.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter an unprecedented number of Black performers received Emmy nominations this year, a record number of Black performers also picked up actual Emmy trophies.Out of the 18 acting awards handed out at the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, nine of them went to Black actors, which gives the performer parity with white actors, as no other people of color won this year.This is a notable increase from last year, when 11.11% of acting winners were Black

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Angelique Jackson Regina King is not only bringing history to life with her film “One Night in Miami,” she’s making history of her own.After becoming the first Black female director to have a film at the Venice Film Festival, King and her cast reunited at the Toronto International Film Festival to celebrate the movie’s early positive reviews.

Also Read: 'One Night in Miami' Film Review: Regina King Goes the Distance in Impressive Feature Directorial Debut“When I read Kemp Powers’ script I felt like I had never seen these types of conversations happening on screen before. I jumped on the opportunity to be a part of that,” King explained.“I just felt that the conversations they were having are conversations that all Black men were having no matter what their economic background is, their celebrity is,” she added.

Oscar winner Regina King recalled having to possibly push the release of One Night in Miami because she was short a couple scenes when the on-going novel coronavirus pandemic shut down production of her directorial debut. "We were waiting to see what the climate of the [COVID] world was going to be, and then Ahmaud Aubrey happened, and then Breonna Taylor happened and then George Floyd happened and people exploded.

Regina King is earning rave reviews for her directorial feature film debut “One Night In Miami”, playing as part of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival programme.

Regina King is now getting noticed for her work behind the camera.

Regina King is stepping behind the camera in a big way.

In Night of the Kings (La Nuit des rois), a young man thrown into the infamous La Maca prison in Cote d’Ivoire is forced to invent a story that lasts until sunrise or face the consequences like some kind of modern-day Scheherazade.

Regina King is the first Black woman to direct a movie selected to premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

Director Regina King’s “One Night In Miami” comes to the Venice Film Festival as an out of competition entry. This timely project features four important figures—Muhammed Ali (then Cassius Clay), Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown—in a fictional meeting of the minds.

all-black cast with an all-star line up that includes Tracee Ellis Ross, Regina King, Alfre Woodard and Sanaa Lathan.They’ll assemble for a Zoom production on Sept.

Clayton Davis “One Night in Miami,” the directorial debut of Academy Award winner Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) dropped at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 7, the first film by a Black woman to ever premiere at the 77-year festival.Variety has an exclusive clip from the upcoming Amazon Studios release, which is already receiving strong reviews and Oscars buzz.Taking place in Miami, Florida on Feb.

The Venice Film Festival had its first all-video press conference Monday as the director, writer, and stars of One Night in Miami joined those on the Lido via video link to discuss the hotly-anticipated drama.