PRINCIPAL CAST

David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey, Tim Roth, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Common, Tessa Thompson, Giovanni Ribisi, Lorraine Toussaint, Alessandro Nivola, Lakeith Lee Stanfield, Omar J. Dorsey, Andre Holland, Colman Domingo, Ledisi Young, Wendell Pierce, Dylan Baker, Nigel Thatch, Niecy Nash, Jeremy Strong, Ledisi Young

DIRECTOR

Ava DuVernay

WRITER

Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb

PRODUCER

Dede Gardner, Christian Colson, Jeremy Kleiner, Cameron McCracken, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Diarmuid McKeown, Paul Garnes, Ava DuVernay

SYNOPSIS

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.

BOX OFFICE

$52.1 Million

GENRE

Drama

RATING

Rated PG-13
disturbing thematic material including violence, a suggestive moment, and brief strong language

RUN TIME

128 Minutes

STUDIO

Paramount