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dotsSELMA – In Theaters Now – Wins Big

Published on February 10, 2015 by Sonya's Spotlight

SELMA Wins Golden Globe Award (Best Song), NAACP Image Awards, AFI Award, African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Award & More.

Nominated for Academy Award for Best Motion Picture & Best Song.

SELMA is the story of a movement. The film 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 (Tom Wilkinson) 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. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.

The film is directed by Ava DuVernay and from Paramount Pictures, Pathe and Harpo Films. It opened in limited release on Christmas Day (Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles) and expanded on Jan. 9. Ava DuVernay is the first African-American female director nominated for a Golden Globe.

A few cast members include David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, Common, Tessa Thompson, Niecy Nasy, Tim Roth, André Holland, Wendell Pierce,  and Oprah Winfrey as “Annie Lee Cooper.”

Executive Producers Cameron McCracken Nik Bower [Plan B Designee], Diarmuid McKeown, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes, Nan Morales, Produced by Christian Colson,  Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey. Written by  Paul Webb

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