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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. Director Ava DuVernays SELMA tells the real story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.
“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.”
–Ty Burr, Boston Globe
“DuVernay’s most remarkable accomplishment may be that with such passion-inspiring material, she has made such a measured, resolute and levelheaded film.”
–Bob Mondello, NPR
“I have rarely seen a historical film that felt so populous and full of life, so alert to the tendrils of narrative that spread beyond the frame”
–A.O. Scott, New York Times
