Selma
One dream can change the world.
2014 | 127m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Ava DuVernay |
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| Writer: | Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb |
| Staring: |
| "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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 25, 2014 |
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| Director: | Ava DuVernay |
| Writer: | Ava DuVernay, Paul Webb |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | alabama, civil rights, martin luther king, president, protest march, woman director, selma, 1960s, african american history |
| Production Companies | Plan B Entertainment, Ingenious Media, Harpo Films, Celador Films, Cloud Eight Films, Pathé |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $66,787,908
Budget: $20,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| David Oyelowo | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Carmen Ejogo | Coretta Scott King |
| Tom Wilkinson | President Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Giovanni Ribisi | Lee White |
| Tim Roth | Gov. George Wallace |
| André Holland | Andrew Young |
| Colman Domingo | Ralph Abernathy |
| Common | James Bevel |
| Stephan James | John Lewis |
| Omar J. Dorsey | James Orange |
| LaKeith Stanfield | Jimmie Lee Jackson |
| Oprah Winfrey | Annie Lee Cooper |
| Tessa Thompson | Diane Nash |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | Fred Gray |
| Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Bayard Rustin |
| Kent Faulcon | Sullivan Jackson |
| Lorraine Toussaint | Amelia Boynton |
| Alessandro Nivola | John Doar |
| David Dwyer | Chief Wilson Baker |
| E. Roger Mitchell | Frederick Reese |
| Dylan Baker | J. Edgar Hoover |
| Ledisi | Mahalia Jackson |
| Niecy Nash-Betts | Richie Jean Jackson |
| Corey Reynolds | Rev. C.T. Vivian |
| Wendell Pierce | Rev. Hosea Williams |
| Charity Jordan | Viola Lee Jackson |
| Nigel Thatch | Malcolm X |
| Trai Byers | James Forman |
| Stan Houston | Sheriff Jim Clark |
| Jeremy Strong | James Reeb |
| Tara Ochs | Viola Liuzzo |
| Stephen Root | Col. Al Lingo |
| Greg Maness | Aide |
| Haviland Stillwell | President's Secretary |
| Charles Black | Elder Marcher |
| Jody Thompson | White Marcher |
| Henry G. Sanders | Cager Lee |
| Montrel Miller | Young Marcher |
| Jim France | Gunnar Jahn |
| Michael Papajohn | Major Cloud |
| John Lavelle | Roy Reed |
| Stormy Merriwether | Jackson's Daughter |
| Martin Sheen | Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited) |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Harry Belafonte | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Tony Bennett | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ava DuVernay | Director, Writer |
| Aisha Coley | Casting |
| Kim Jennings | Art Direction |
| Dottie Starling | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Jason Moran | Original Music Composer |
| Jonathan Keith | Casting Director |
| Karen Battiste | Stunts |
| Stephen A. Pope | Stunt Coordinator |
| Erin G. Fuller | Location Scout |
| Elizabeth Keenan | Set Decoration |
| Beverly Jo Pryor | Makeup Department Head |
| Kellie Robinson | Makeup Artist |
| Keitric Starks | Makeup Artist |
| Christopher Assells | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bill R. Dean | Sound Effects Editor |
| Paul Hackner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Greg Hedgepath | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Atsushi Nishijima | Still Photographer |
| Rhymefest | Songs |
| Paul Webb | Writer |
| Bradford Young | Director of Photography |
| Spencer Averick | Editor |
| Matthias Gohl | Music Score Producer, Orchestrator |
| Cynthia Stillwell | Casting Director |
| Raven-Danielle Baker | Stunts |
| Mark Friedberg | Production Design |
| Ruth E. Carter | Costume Design |
| Riley Flanagan | Set Production Assistant |
| Common | Songs |
| John Legend | Songs |
| Jason Sweers | Graphic Designer |
| Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nik Bower | Executive Producer |
| Cameron McCracken | Executive Producer |
| Diarmuid McKeown | Executive Producer |
| Nan Morales | Executive Producer |
| Christian Colson | Producer |
| Dede Gardner | Producer |
| Jeremy Kleiner | Producer |
| Oprah Winfrey | Producer |
| Ava DuVernay | Executive Producer |
| Paul Goodwin Garnes | Executive Producer |
| Brad Pitt | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Cuba Gooding Jr. | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Berlin International Film Festival | Best Picture | N/A | Won |
| BAFTA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | N/A | Nominated |
| Spirit Awards | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| SAG Awards | Best Actor | David Oyelowo | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 22 | 44 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 22 | 30 | 17 |
| 2024 | 6 | 23 | 62 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 10 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 16 | 39 | 10 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
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I put off watching this movie because I am from Selma Alabama and I grew up there. Being from a town that was the heart of the Civil Rights Movement is hard growing up as a poor white girl because some of the black people in that town hold the racism against every white person and do to this day. I' ... ve never been one to be prejudice, but some of the people in that town really are and I think it has a lot to do with the fact that Selma was the turning point for all of Civil Rights. I left Selma and I can't say that was a bad thing. I had researched the March as a teen because I wasn't old enough to be there or wasnt even born yet, and I know for a fact they left out a lot of key elements in that movie that they didn't want you to see so I cannot give this a decent rating higher than a 1 because there's quite a few things omitted for the public not to see. The actors were very well casted and the backdrop made me proud to see my hometown shown so beautifully. Still I can't give this anything but one star due to the omitting of certain aspects of the story which are HISTORY and should not have been left out.