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Selma

"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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Tagline
One dream can change the world.
Release date
2014-12-25
Runtime
2h 7m
IMDb
tt1020072
Genres
DramaHistory
Languages
English
Global rating
7.0 (1 users)

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Director

  1. Ava DuVernay

Writer

  1. Ava DuVernay
  2. Paul Webb

Cast

  1. Stephen Root
    Col. Al Lingo
  2. Michael Papajohn
    Major Cloud
  3. Tom Wilkinson
    President Lyndon B. Johnson
  4. Cuba Gooding Jr.
    Fred Gray
  5. Giovanni Ribisi
    Lee White
  6. Oprah Winfrey
    Annie Lee Cooper
  7. Dylan Baker
    J. Edgar Hoover
  8. Common
    James Bevel
  9. Martin Sheen
    Frank Minis Johnson
  10. E. Roger Mitchell
    Frederick Reese
  11. Wendell Pierce
    Rev. Hosea Williams
  12. David Oyelowo
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
  13. Jeremy Strong
    James Reeb
  14. Tim Roth
    Gov. George Wallace
  15. Niecy Nash
    Richie Jean Jackson
  16. David Dwyer
    Chief Wilson Baker
  17. Tessa Thompson
    Diane Nash
  18. Lakeith Stanfield
    Jimmie Lee Jackson
  19. Carmen Ejogo
    Coretta Scott King
  20. Ruben Santiago-Hudson
    Bayard Rustin
  21. Omar J. Dorsey
    James Orange
  22. Henry G. Sanders
    Cager Lee
  23. Kent Faulcon
    Sullivan Jackson
  24. Tony Bennett
    self (archive footage)
  25. John Lavelle
    Roy Reed
  26. Colman Domingo
    Ralph Abernathy
  27. Alessandro Nivola
    John Doar
  28. Haviland Stillwell
    President's Secretary
  29. André Holland
    Andrew Young
  30. Lorraine Toussaint
    Amelia Boynton
  31. Corey Reynolds
    Rev. C.T. Vivian
  32. Stephan James
    John Lewis
  33. Harry Belafonte
    self (archive footage)
  34. Jody Thompson
    White Marcher
  35. Charles Black
    Elder Marcher
  36. Nigel Thatch
    Malcolm X
  37. Sammy Davis Jr.
    self (archive footage)
  38. Ledisi
    Mahalia Jackson
  39. Trai Byers
    James Forman
  40. Greg Maness
    Aide
  41. Stormy Merriwether
    Jackson's Daughter
  42. Stan Houston
    Sheriff Jim Clark
  43. Charity Jordan
    Viola Lee Jackson
  44. Jim France
    Gunnar Jahn
  45. Montrel Miller
    Young Marcher
  46. Tara Ochs
    Viola Liuzzo

Composer

  1. Jason Moran

Producer

  1. Brad Pitt
  2. Oprah Winfrey
  3. Dede Gardner
  4. Jeremy Kleiner
  5. Cameron McCracken
  6. Christian Colson
  7. Ava DuVernay
  8. Diarmuid McKeown
  9. Nan Morales
  10. Nik Bower
  11. Paul Goodwin Garnes

Director of Photography

  1. Bradford Young

Editor

  1. Spencer Averick