Selma

One dream can change the world.

This week's Oscar hopeful is set in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. The film received a Best Picture nom, but controversially neither a Best Director nor Best Actor nomination.

122 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence, Prejudice).
Biographical, Drama, Period piece, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Jim France, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni Ribisi, Tessa Thompson, Common, Lorraine Toussaint
Director	Ava DuVernay
Screenplay	Paul Webb
Cinematography	Bradford Young
Editing	Spencer Averick
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Cloud Eight Films, Celador Films, Harpo Films, Pathé, Plan B Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Mild impact, infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Moderate impact, frequent, realistic, verbal and psychological with accentuating sound effects
Prejudice	Mild impact, frequent, historical context
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 46 critics	18
Rottentomatoes critics 175 critics	17
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer : Fueled by a gripping performance from David Oyelowo, Selma draws inspiration and dramatic power from the life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr. -- but doesn't ignore how far we remain from the ideals his work embodied.	20
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	17
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Outstanding drama about MLK's fight for equal rights.	20
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 135 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 38319 users	11
Internet 13684 Netizens Entertaining, Great Acting, And Definitely Worth Seeing	15
Average .. 83%	17