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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 [ 5 ][ 6 ] and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis.
Jan 17, 2022 · In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it is only fitting that Selma gets another evaluation on why it truly is the best MLK Jr. movie of all time.
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Jan 9, 2015 · Selma, the stirring and powerful new historical drama about Martin Luther King Jr and his crusade for voting rights, opens with King (David Oyelowo) standing in a hotel room, looking wary and...
There’s a reason why Ava DuVernay’s film is called “Selma” and not “King”. Like Spielberg’s “ Lincoln ”, “Selma” is as much about the procedures of political maneuvering, in-fighting and bargaining as it is about the chief orchestrator of the resulting deals.
Dec 29, 2014 · That’s one reason why “Selma” is a distinctive political film. No less than an inside-Hollywood drama or a backstage musical, “Selma” tears away the curtain on the making of images—indeed,...
Selma: Directed by Ava DuVernay. With David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Jim France, Trinity Simone. A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
Dec 24, 2014 · Directed with passion and conviction by Ava DuVernay and starring a mesmerizing David Oyelowo as King, “Selma” relates one of the great American dramas, how events in and around a small ...
