Paramount will show the film for free at the Selma Walton Theater starting January 9.
“Selma,” the Golden Globe-nominated film about Martin Luther King Jr., will screen for free in the Alabama city that gave the film its title.
“With deep gratitude to the people of Selma, Alabama, we are proud to share this powerful film depicting the historic events that took place there 50 years ago,” said Oprah Winfrey on behalf of the film’s producers.
Winfrey costars in the movie as an African-American worker who joins the civil rights protests. “I hope generations will watch the film and share their stories of remembrance and history together.”The film directed by Ava DuVernay depicts the 1965 civil rights protests led by King in Selma, which led to President Lyndon Johnson advocating for the Voting Rights Act. David Oyelowo stars as Martin Luther King Jr.
abcun17
Hopefully the movie gets the recognition it deserves. As to the movie's relevance, I think that this movie could have been released anytime during the past couple of decades and still have been very much relevant. Something tells me that it will continue to be relevant in the decades ahead. Inequality is becoming a permanent fixture in the daily lives of increasingly larger and larger numbers of people...
jayreasons
Now the Civil rights leaders want to take away the credit from the man that was instrumental for them getting their Civil rights. KNIFE in the back since he is dead now and cannot defend himself. He was their hero now they do not need him! Liberals eat their own.