Selma
The unforgettable true story 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 signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.
28 March 1972, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
8 December 1925, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
12 August 1991, San Bernardino, California, USA
23 January 1949, Natick, Massachusetts, USA
3 July 1974, Richmond, Virginia, USA
1 March 1927, New York City, New York, USA
22 October 1973, Kensington, London, England, UK
28 June 1972, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
22 February 1967, Pensacola, Florida, USA
29 December 1990, Flint, Michigan, USA
24 November 1956, Lackawanna, New York, USA
29 January 1954, Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
23 November 1981, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 November 1969, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
May 23, 2016
Selma isn't a discrete story of one moment in time that we can observe safely from the sidelines. It is all around us, every day.
January 09, 2015
This is a film about work: the work at hand, the work it takes to do the work, and, for an audience in 2015, the question of whether the work worked.
March 07, 2017
A monumental achievement.
May 23, 2016
It's the quieter moments where Oyelowo really excels.
June 07, 2016
The timeliness of the picture, coupled with the immediacy of the filmmaking, renders 'Selma' more powerful than even its skilled creators could've possibly intended.
January 12, 2015
More often than not ... "Selma" focuses on the one thing we don't expect in a movie about Martin Luther King Jr. - his doubts - and Oyelowo comes through with a deeply felt and quite brilliant performance.
January 09, 2015
Vivid, nuanced and, yes, timely.
June 07, 2016
Sacha Baron Cohen at Harvard, as character Ali G: 'Some of you has probably never even seen a black man before, like that great civil rights leader, Martin Luther Vandross...'
January 09, 2015
An uneven yet generally skillful effort that has probably drawn more praise and criticism than it warrants.
January 09, 2015
Like Dr. King did, the film captures your mind and your heart as it entertains, the way great movies often do.
