Selma

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Released On

2014-12-25

Nomination Year

2014 (87th Oscars)

Best Picture Result

Did not win

Duration

127 minutes

Description

"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.

Director

Ava DuVernay

Internal ID

98

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)