Summary
"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.
Cast
David Oyelowo
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carmen Ejogo
Coretta Scott King
Tom Wilkinson
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Giovanni Ribisi
Lee White
Tim Roth
Gov. George Wallace
André Holland
Andrew Young
Colman Domingo
Ralph Abernathy
Common
James Bevel
Stephan James
John Lewis
Omar J. Dorsey
James Orange
LaKeith Stanfield
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Oprah Winfrey
Annie Lee Cooper
Tessa Thompson
Diane Nash
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Fred Gray
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Bayard Rustin
Kent Faulcon
Sullivan Jackson
Lorraine Toussaint
Amelia Boynton
Alessandro Nivola
John Doar
David Dwyer
Chief Wilson Baker
E. Roger Mitchell
Frederick Reese
Dylan Baker
J. Edgar Hoover
Ledisi
Mahalia Jackson
Niecy Nash-Betts
Richie Jean Jackson
Corey Reynolds
Rev. C.T. Vivian
Wendell Pierce
Rev. Hosea Williams
Charity Jordan
Viola Lee Jackson
Nigel Thatch
Malcolm X
Trai Byers
James Forman
Stan Houston
Sheriff Jim Clark
Jeremy Strong
James Reeb
Tara Ochs
Viola Liuzzo
Stephen Root
Col. Al Lingo
Greg Maness
Aide
Haviland Stillwell
President's Secretary
Charles Black
Elder Marcher
Jody Thompson
White Marcher
Henry G. Sanders
Cager Lee
Montrel Miller
Young Marcher
Jim France
Gunnar Jahn
Michael Papajohn
Major Cloud
John Lavelle
Roy Reed
Stormy Merriwether
Jackson's Daughter
Martin Sheen
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Belafonte
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Bennett
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Writer
Ava DuVernay
Writer
Paul Webb
Reviews
MonsterMartha
July 26, 2022
1
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 to be there or wasnt even born yet, and I know for a fact they left out a lot of key elements in that movie that they didn't want you to see so I cannot give this a decent rating higher than a 1 because there's quite a few things omitted for the public not to see. The actors were very well casted and the backdrop made me proud to see my hometown shown so beautifully. Still I can't give this anything but one star due to the omitting of certain aspects of the story which are HISTORY and should not have been left out.
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