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25/12/2014 History, Drama 2h 8m
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One dream can change the world.

Overview

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

  1. Ava DuVernay

    Director, Writer

  2. Paul Webb

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. David Oyelowo

    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  2. Carmen Ejogo

    Coretta Scott King

  3. Tom Wilkinson

    President Lyndon B. Johnson

  4. Giovanni Ribisi

    Lee White

  5. Tim Roth

    Gov. George Wallace

  6. André Holland

    Andrew Young

  7. Colman Domingo

    Ralph Abernathy

  8. Common

    James Bevel

  9. Stephan James

    John Lewis

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Reviews

A review by Martha
Written by Martha on 2022-07-26
I put off watching this movie because I am from Selma Alabama and I grew up there. Being from a town that was the heart of the Civil Rights Movement is hard growing up as a poor white girl because some of the black people in that town hold the racism against every white person and do to this day. I've never been one to be prejudice, but some of the people in that town really are and I think it has a lot to do with the fact that Selma was the turning point for all of Civil Rights. I left Selma and I can't say that was a bad thing. I had researched the March as a teen because I wasn't old enough...read the rest
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