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Dec 2, 2021 · So, how did 42-year-old Compton native and "Selma" director Ava DuVernay fair regarding historical accuracy in film? According to experts, fairly well. In fact, "Selma" scores exceptionally high for accuracy (via The Independent ).
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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.
Dec 24, 2014 · After King’s discouraging first meeting with LBJ, he takes his civil rights movement to Selma, a small city in Alabama that activist Diane Nash (Tessa Thompson) says is where they’ll find “the...
Written by Paul Webb (with uncredited input from DuVernay), Selma tells the riveting story of how King and other civil-right leaders chose Selma to press for the right to vote in Southern...
Jan 2, 2015 · New film 'Selma' tells story of violent repression of civil rights protests, leading to enactment of Voting Rights Act Julian Zelizer says the film gets most of the story right but misrepresents...
Mar 5, 2015 · Selma: The movie and what really happened. Brian Truitt. USA TODAY. If you watch the film Selma as a way of commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march for voting rights in Selma, Ala.,...
Jan 19, 2015 · In the case of Selma, Johnson loyalists have argued passionately that LBJ was a true partner with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the campaign for voting rights legislation, not more of a...
