Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
The story
"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.
- alabama
- civil rights
- martin luther king
- based on true story
- president
- protest march
- woman director
- selma
- 1960s
- african american history
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Ava DuVernay
- Written
- Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 2,347 ratings
- Studio
- Plan B Entertainment, Cloud Eight Films, Ingenious Media, Harpo Films
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