Selma

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Selma is the story of a movement. This powerful historical drama, which celebrates is tenth anniversary this year, chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.

Director Ava DuVernay’s Selma tells the real story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (play by David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.

The film will be introduced by Alexander Livingston, Associate Professor in the Department of Government and Interim Director of the Society for the Humanities

Selma screens as part of our "Cornell Cinema Goes to Washington" series. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Swank Motion Pictures.