Selma (2014) (original) (raw)

Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay�s Selma tells the real story of the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement that prompted change that forever altered ...(more)

Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay�s Selma tells the real story of the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement that prompted change that forever altered history. (less)

Director: Ava DuVernay
Writer: Paul Webb
Starring: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Producers: Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner

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Review by Brian Orndorf, January 9, 2015

7 / 10

It�s interesting to note that few films have dared to explore the life and times of Martin Luther King, Jr. Perhaps access to the raw materials of the man�s history was limited, or maybe interest just wasn�t there. It�s a dearth of dramatization that�s likely to change after the release of �Selma,� a powerful and direct depiction of the civil right leader in his element of courage and peaceful protest, surveying the struggles of equality and the political pressure needed to oil the American legal system. It�s incomplete work, but utterly persuasive, held together by David Oyelowo�s commanding ...read more...

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