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Selma

"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.

2014 |2h 7m |  History, Drama

Videos

Cast

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David Oyelowo

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Carmen Ejogo

Coretta Scott King

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Tom Wilkinson

President Lyndon B. Johnson

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Giovanni Ribisi

Lee White

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Tim Roth

Gov. George Wallace

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André Holland

Andrew Young

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Colman Domingo

Ralph Abernathy

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Common

James Bevel

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Stephan James

John Lewis

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Omar J. Dorsey

James Orange

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LaKeith Stanfield

Jimmie Lee Jackson

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Oprah Winfrey

Annie Lee Cooper

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Tessa Thompson

Diane Nash

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Cuba Gooding Jr.

Fred Gray

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Bayard Rustin

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Kent Faulcon

Sullivan Jackson

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Lorraine Toussaint

Amelia Boynton

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Alessandro Nivola

John Doar

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David Dwyer

Chief Wilson Baker

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E. Roger Mitchell

Frederick Reese

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Dylan Baker

J. Edgar Hoover

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Ledisi

Mahalia Jackson

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Niecy Nash-Betts

Richie Jean Jackson

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Corey Reynolds

Rev. C.T. Vivian

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Wendell Pierce

Rev. Hosea Williams

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Charity Jordan

Viola Lee Jackson

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Nigel Thatch

Malcolm X

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Trai Byers

James Forman

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Jeremy Strong

James Reeb

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Stephen Root

Col. Al Lingo

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Greg Maness

Aide

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Haviland Stillwell

President's Secretary

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Jody Thompson

White Marcher

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Henry G. Sanders

Cager Lee

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Montrel Miller

Young Marcher

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Jim France

Gunnar Jahn

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Michael Papajohn

Major Cloud

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John Lavelle

Roy Reed

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Stormy Merriwether

Jackson's Daughter

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Martin Sheen

Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Harry Belafonte

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Tony Bennett

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$20,000,000.00

Revenue

$66,787,908.00