Selma
"Selma" is a necessary film, even an essential one, with more than its share of memorable performances and vivid, compelling sequences.
Selma
Director Ava DuVernay’s SELMA is the story of a movement. The film 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. SELMA tells the real story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. King (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered American history.
Nominated for two Oscars, including Best Picture.
Nominated for two Oscars, including Best Picture.
Genre
African-American Experience,
Drama,
History
Runtime
128
Language
English
Director
Ava Duvernay
Cast
David Oyelowo,
Tom Wilkinson,
Giovannie Ribisi,
Tessa Thompson,
Alessandro Nivola,
Oprah Winfrey,
Common,
Niecy Nash,
Dylan Baker,
Haviland Stillwell,
Jeremy Strong
Awards:
Nominee, Best Picture, Academy Awards
Nominee, Best Music (Original Song), Academy Awards
FEATURED REVIEW
A.O. Scott, New York Times
On the afternoon of March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers and members of a Dallas County posse, armed with clubs, cattle prods and tear gas, attacked civil rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. Themarchers had planned to walk the 50 miles to Montgomery, the state capital ...
Played at
Claremont 5 1.09.15 - 2.05.15
NoHo 7 1.09.15 - 2.05.15
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