Selma poster

Selma( 2014)

TV-MAHistoryDrama
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One dream can change the world.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      David Oyelowo

      Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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      Carmen Ejogo

      Coretta Scott King

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      Tom Wilkinson

      President Lyndon B. Johnson

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      Giovanni Ribisi

      Lee White

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      Tim Roth

      Gov. George Wallace

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      André Holland

      Andrew Young

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      Colman Domingo

      Ralph Abernathy

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      Common

      James Bevel

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      Stephan James

      John Lewis

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      Omar J. Dorsey

      James Orange

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      LaKeith Stanfield

      Jimmie Lee Jackson

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      Oprah Winfrey

      Annie Lee Cooper

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      Tessa Thompson

      Diane Nash

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      Cuba Gooding Jr.

      Fred Gray

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      Ruben Santiago-Hudson

      Bayard Rustin

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      Kent Faulcon

      Sullivan Jackson

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      Lorraine Toussaint

      Amelia Boynton

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      Alessandro Nivola

      John Doar

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      David Dwyer

      Chief Wilson Baker

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      E. Roger Mitchell

      Frederick Reese

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      Dylan Baker

      J. Edgar Hoover

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      Ledisi

      Mahalia Jackson

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      Niecy Nash-Betts

      Richie Jean Jackson

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      Corey Reynolds

      Rev. C.T. Vivian

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      Wendell Pierce

      Rev. Hosea Williams

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      Charity Jordan

      Viola Lee Jackson

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      Nigel Thatch

      Malcolm X

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      Trai Byers

      James Forman

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      Stan Houston

      Sheriff Jim Clark

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      Jeremy Strong

      James Reeb

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      Tara Ochs

      Viola Liuzzo

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      Stephen Root

      Col. Al Lingo

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      Greg Maness

      Aide

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      Haviland Stillwell

      President's Secretary

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      Charles Black

      Elder Marcher

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      Jody Thompson

      White Marcher

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      Henry G. Sanders

      Cager Lee

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      Montrel Miller

      Young Marcher

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      Jim France

      Gunnar Jahn

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      Michael Papajohn

      Major Cloud

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      John Lavelle

      Roy Reed

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      Stormy Merriwether

      Jackson's Daughter

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      Martin Sheen

      Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

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      Martin Luther King Jr.

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Harry Belafonte

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Tony Bennett

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Sammy Davis Jr.

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Social

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    A review by Martha

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    Written by Martha on Tue Jul 26 2022
    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 ...

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    Videos 1Backdrops 11Posters 33

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    20000000.00

    Revenue

    66787908.00

    Keywords

    • alabama
    • civil rights
    • martin luther king
    • president
    • protest march
    • woman director
    • selma
    • 1960s
    • african american history