Movie
Selma
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-12-25
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Plan B Entertainment, Cloud Eight Films, Ingenious Media, Harpo Films
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King
- Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson
- Giovanni Ribisi as Lee White
- Tim Roth as Gov. George Wallace
- André Holland as Andrew Young
- Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy
- Common as James Bevel
- Stephan James as John Lewis
- Omar J. Dorsey as James Orange
- LaKeith Stanfield as Jimmie Lee Jackson
- Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper
Crew
- Ava DuVernay - Director
- Paul Webb - Writer
- Ava DuVernay - Writer
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