Regina King: Black Lives Matter protests were powder-keg moment

Regina King (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Regina King has described the Black Lives Matter protests of last summer as a “powder-keg moment”.

The Oscar-winning actress, 49, made her directorial debut with the film One Night In Miami, which tells a fictional account of rights activist Malcolm X, boxer Cassius Clay, singer Sam Cooke and American football star Jim Brown spending a night in a hotel room together, as they discuss their roles in the civil rights movement.