| Selma | |
|---|---|
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| 2 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Year | 2014 |
| Director | Ava DuVernay |
| Writer | Paul Webb |
| Starring | David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth |
| 87th Academy Awards | |
Selma is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. of SCLC and John Lewis of SNCC. The film stars David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon Johnson, Common as Bevel, and Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King. Controversy surrounding the film is due to the inaccurate portrait of President Lyndon Johnson.
Wins
- Best Original Song — "Glory" by John Legend, Common
Nominations
- Best Original Song — "Glory" by John Legend, Common
- Best Picture — Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Plot[]
A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
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