‘ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke’
As part of their ReMastered series, Netflix delves into the Sam Cooke’s life and legacy with The Two Killings of Sam Cooke. This documentary depicts Sam Cooke as he was: one of the first Black public figures to speak out against Jim Crow using the platform he earned through his music career. Cooke harness his fame to fight for Black equity in the music industry and widespread Civil Rights for all Black Americans. Netflix shows Sam Cooke’s early killing and the subsequent travesty of his wife selling his work for a fraction of its worth—while lionizing the strides Cooke made despite his life being so unjustly cut short.