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Selma

Directed by Ava DuVernay

★ 7.42,387 ratings
HistoryDrama

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.

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Cast

David OyelowoDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carmen EjogoCoretta Scott King
Tom WilkinsonPresident Lyndon B. Johnson
Giovanni RibisiLee White
Tim RothGov. George Wallace
André HollandAndrew Young
Colman DomingoRalph Abernathy
CommonJames Bevel
Stephan JamesJohn Lewis
Omar J. DorseyJames Orange