Selma (2014)

Directed by

Ava DuVernay

Genre

drama film, biographical film, historical film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 2,335 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists as they organize marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 to secure voting rights for Black Americans. It shows the planning, the resistance they faced from authorities, and the personal toll on the activists.

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What happens

Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches which were initiated and directed by James Bevel and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis. The film stars actors David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, Common as James Bevel, with Giovanni Ribisi as Lee C. White, Alessandro Nivola as John Doar, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Fred Gray and Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper. Selma premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11, 2014, began a limited US release on December 25, 2014, and expanded into wide theatrical release on January 9, 2015, two months before the 50th anniversary of the march. The film was re-released on March 20, 2015, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the historical march. The film was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards. It also received four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director and Best Actor, and won for Best Original Song. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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