Selma
Biopic chronicling the three-month period in 1965 which saw Dr Martin Luther King Jr lead a turbulent march from Selma to Montgomery in a bid to secure equal voting rights.
Film chronicling the tumultuous three-month period in 1965 when Dr Martin Luther King Jr led a campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition, culminating in the epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, which led President Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement that forever altered history.
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Music Played
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Otis Redding
Ole Man Trouble
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The Impressions
Keep On Pushing
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Sister Gertrude Morgan
New World In My View
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Yusef Lateef
Bamboo Flute Blues
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Duane Eddy
House of The Rising Sun
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The Staple Singers
Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)
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Odetta
Masters of War
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Fink, Finian Greenall
Yesterday Was Hard On All of Us
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Common & John Legend
Glory
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Martin Luther King Jr | David Oyelowo |
President Lyndon B Johnson | Tom Wilkinson |
Coretta Scott King | Carmen Ejogo |
Lee White | Giovanni Ribisi |
Amelia Boynton | Lorraine Toussaint |
John Lewis | Stephan James |
Rev Hosea Williams | Wendell Pierce |
James Bevel | Common |
John Doar | Alessandro Nivola |
Jimmie Lee Jackson | LaKeith Stanfield |
Fred Gray | Cuba Gooding Jr |
J Edgar Hoover | Dylan Baker |
Governor George Wallace | Tim Roth |
Annie Lee Cooper | Oprah Winfrey |
Cager Lee | Henry G Sanders |
Andrew Young | Andre Holland |
Gunnar Jahn | Jim France |
Bayard Rustin | Ruben Santiago-Hudson |
Ralph Abernathy | Colman Domingo |
James Orange | Omar J Dorsey |
Diane Nash | Tessa Thompson |
Frederick Reese | E Roger Mitchell |
Mahalia Jackson | Ledisi Young |
Sullivan Jackson | Kent Faulcon |
Richie Jean Jackson | Niecy Nash |
Reverend CT Vivian | Corey Reynolds |
Roy Reed | John Lavelle |
James Forman | Trai Byers |
James Reeb | Jeremy Strong |
Director | Ava DuVernay |
Writer | Paul Webb |
Producer | Jeremy Kleiner |
Broadcasts
- Fri 14 Apr 2017 21:00
- Sun 1 Apr 2018 23:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Sun 1 Apr 2018 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Sun 14 Oct 2018 23:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Northern Ireland
- Fri 19 Jun 2020 23:20Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Wed 6 Oct 2021 23:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Mon 2 Oct 2023 23:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Scotland
- Sun 11 Feb 2024 23:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Scotland & Scotland HD
- Mon 12 Feb 2024 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland & Scotland HD only
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