Adapted by kemp powers soul from his acclaimed play, the feature directorial debut of academy award–winning actor regina king if beale street could talk puts viewers in a room with four icons at the forefront of black american culture as they carouse, clash, bare their souls, and grapple with their places within the sweeping change of the civil rights movement.february 25, 1964, has gone down in history as the day that the brash young boxer muhammad ali then known as cassius clay defeated sonny liston, but what happened after the fight was perhaps even more incredible ali race's eli goree, civil rights leader malcolm x high fidelity's kingsley ben adir, nfl great jim brown hidden figures' aldis hodge, and king of soul sam cooke hamilton's leslie odom jr'. '.strtoupper('a')ll came together at a miami motel.electric with big ideas and activist spirit, one night in miami plunges us into the midst of an intimate, ongoing conversation and a defining moment in american history.special edition featuresnew 4k digital transfer, approved by director regina king, with 5.1 surround dts hd master audionew conversation between king and filmmaker kasi lemmonsnew conversation among king, screenwriter kemp powers, and critic gil robertsonconversation between king and filmmaker barry jenkins from a 2021 episode of the director's cut – a dga podcastnew program featuring king and actors kingsley benadir, eli goree, aldis hodge, and leslie odom jr.new program on the making of the film, featuring king, powers, director of photography tami reiker, editor tariq anwar, producer jody klein, costume designer francine jamison tanchuck, and set decorator janessa hitsmannew program on the film's sound design, featuring sound editor and mixer andy hay, sound mixer paul ledford, and music producer nick baxterenglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingenglish descriptive audio plus an essay by critic gene seymour