Selma
2014
2h 7min
"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.
Storyline
"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.
Released
25 December 2014
Runtime
2h 7min
Director
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$66,787,908
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Pathé, Harpo Films, Plan B Entertainment, Cloud Eight Films, Ingenious Media, Celador Films
Cast
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)
Might be interested
Unbroken
7.436
Poker Night
5.922
Big Eyes
6.989
Nise: The Heart of Madness
8.1
A Most Violent Year
6.609
Still Alice
7.491
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
6.9
McFarland, USA
7.448
The Skeleton Twins
6.639
Inherent Vice
6.565
Shaun the Sheep Movie
7
American Sniper
7.431
Two Days, One Night
6.9
The Butler
7.345
Foxcatcher
6.657
The Seven Year Itch
7.1
Fury
7.53
Boyhood
7.5
The Theory of Everything
7.854
Boulevard
5.717