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Selma
Selma
Director:Ava DuVernay
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.
Release:
2014 / 12 / 25
Rating:
7.399
Genres & Subgenres:
Historical
Drama
Tags:
David Oyelowo
as
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tom Wilkinson
as
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Carmen Ejogo
as
Coretta Scott King
Tim Roth
as
Gov. George Wallace
Oprah Winfrey
as
Annie Lee Cooper
Giovanni Ribisi
as
Lee White
Alessandro Nivola
as
John Doar
Cuba Gooding Jr.
as
Fred Gray
Omar J. Dorsey
as
James Orange
Colman Domingo
as
Ralph Abernathy
Common
as
James Bevel
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
as
Bayard Rustin
Tessa Thompson
as
Diane Nash
Lorraine Toussaint
as
Amelia Boynton
David Dwyer
as
Chief Wilson Baker
Dylan Baker
as
J. Edgar Hoover
Niecy Nash
as
Richie Jean Jackson
Corey Reynolds
as
Rev. C.T. Vivian
Wendell Pierce
as
Rev. Hosea Williams
Stephan James
as
John Lewis
LaKeith Stanfield
as
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Nigel Thatch
as
Malcolm X
Jeremy Strong
as
James Reeb
Martin Sheen
as
Frank Minis Johnson
Stephen Root
as
Col. Al Lingo
Greg Maness
as
Aide
Henry G. Sanders
as
Cager Lee
Harry Belafonte
as
self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett
as
self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
as
self (archive footage)
Michael Papajohn
as
Major Cloud