Regina King as new director, she really has a knock out with this one:
Just genuinely captivating, 4 icons, but really just friends having a heartfelt conversations about the different paths/approaches they have in their lives. Those scenes in the hotel room, you forget for a while you are watching actors, really felt like it was Sam Cooke and Malcom X really having philosphical argument, with Mohammed Ali and Jim Brown being the calming effects of the room.
Guy who is casted for Sam Cooke was like born for this role, and I never seen the guy casted for Malcom X before but prolly best scene for scene depictions of Malcolm X to date (seen several by now). His performance pretty much gurantees nominations for award season.