New this week: ‘MLK/ FBI,’ Why Don’t We and ‘Prodigal Son’

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.

Movies

• Regina King’s directorial debut “One Night in Miami” brings Muhammad Ali (Eli Goree), Malcolm X (Kingsley Ben-Adir), Jim Brown (Aldis Hodge), and Sam Cooke (Leslie Odom Jr.) gather into a Miami hotel in February 1964, celebrating Ali’s knockout of Sonny Liston. The setup, from the play by Kemp

Powers (co-director of Pixar’s “Soul”), is fictional, but the dialogue — about power, freedom and Black identity — rings bracingly true. The film, which played at the top festivals in the fall, premieres Friday on Amazon Prime.

and her son, Robert (Archie Barnes, excellent), are determined to finish even with the impending war and much of the country distracted elsewhere.

When they do realize what lies beneath the mounds is in fact more important than Viking graves, suddenly the big museums and important archaeologists find the time and resources to contribute to the dig. This adds a whole host of subplots and characters, including Edith’s cousin, Rory (Johnny Flynn), who has enlisted with the air force, and newlywed archaeologists Stuart (Ben Chaplin) and Peggy Piggott (Lily James), all of whom roll their sleeves up to join in the project.

It’s here where the film’s novel origins become a bit of liability as they rush through various side stories with the Piggotts and Rory. These threads were likely more rewarding in the book, yet they do still add scope and context to this very insulated story. And it’s very easy to get swept away by it all.

Mulligan is also too young for this part (Nicole Kidman was originally slated for the role), although she excels nonetheless with a subtle and heartbreaking performance.

The director, Stone, is an acclaimed theater director in his native Australia without many film credits to his name. His 2015 debut, “The Daughter,” an Ibsen adaptation, was not widely released in the United States.

But in “The Dig” he and his talented film-making team have made a truly beautiful piece, contemplative and melancholy, with a lovely score by Stefan Gregory and enveloping scenery shot by Mike Eley.

“The Dig,” a Netflix release in theaters Friday and on Netflix Jan. 29, is rated PG-13.