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Selma

Name: Selma
Director: Ava DuVernay
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2014-12-25
Cast: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Roth

HistoryDrama

"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 OyelowoCarmen EjogoTom WilkinsonGiovanni RibisiTim RothAndré HollandColman DomingoCommonStephan JamesOmar J. DorseyLaKeith StanfieldOprah Winfrey

Director

Ava DuVernay

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