Selma

Selma

127 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 25, 2014

"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.

Selma

127 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 25, 2014

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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Plan B Entertainment, Harpo Films, Celador Films, Cloud Eight Films, Pathé!
Original title Selma
Directors Ava DuVernay
Writers Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb

Cast

David Oyelowo

as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tom Wilkinson

as President Lyndon B. Johnson

Carmen Ejogo

as Coretta Scott King

Tim Roth

as Gov. George Wallace

Oprah Winfrey

as Annie Lee Cooper

Giovanni Ribisi

as Lee White

Alessandro Nivola

as John Doar

Cuba Gooding Jr.

as Fred Gray

André Holland

as Andrew Young

Omar J. Dorsey

as James Orange

Colman Domingo

as Ralph Abernathy

Common

as James Bevel

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

as Bayard Rustin

Tessa Thompson

as Diane Nash

Lorraine Toussaint

as Amelia Boynton

David Dwyer

as Chief Wilson Baker

E. Roger Mitchell

as Frederick Reese

Dylan Baker

as J. Edgar Hoover

Ledisi

as Mahalia Jackson

Kent Faulcon

as Sullivan Jackson

Niecy Nash

as Richie Jean Jackson

Corey Reynolds

as Rev. C.T. Vivian

Wendell Pierce

as Rev. Hosea Williams

Stephan James

as John Lewis

Lakeith Stanfield

as Jimmie Lee Jackson

Charity Jordan

as Viola Lee Jackson

Trai Byers

as James Forman

Stan Houston

as Sheriff Jim Clark

Nigel Thatch

as Malcolm X

Jeremy Strong

as James Reeb

Tara Ochs

as Viola Liuzzo

Martin Sheen

as Frank Minis Johnson

Stephen Root

as Col. Al Lingo

Greg Maness

as Aide

Haviland Stillwell

as President's Secretary

Charles Black

as Elder Marcher

Jody Thompson

as White Marcher

Henry G. Sanders

as Cager Lee

Montrel Miller

as Young Marcher

Jim France

as Gunnar Jahn

Harry Belafonte

as self (archive footage)

Tony Bennett

as self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

as self (archive footage)

John Lavelle

as Roy Reed

Michael Papajohn

as Major Cloud

Stormy Merriwether

as Jackson's Daughter