Selma

All the Hollywood "glitz" that gets wasted on VFX junk food gets put to great use here. Historical controversies aside (really, if the biggest thing was a less than completely flattering portrayal of LBJ, I think we're going to be okay), this was a really great movie.

I will agree that this movie is not filled with excitement but it's a story we all should see. It's extrmely well done and only feels more and more relevant as time goes on.

In 2020 with racist president and open voter suppression this victorious tone of the movie looks ironic at best. the rich history and the importance of the moment made choice of writer and director almost irrelevant.

The year is 1965 and every citizen in the USA still don't have voting rights. In the small community of Selma in Alabama, a woman tries to use her rights as a citizen to go and vote.

At long last a movie worthy of Oscar nominations. Yet it was totally ignored by the BAFTAS and only received two Golden Globes nominations, (neither of which it won), and only a single major Oscar nomination, but at least we can be grateful it was for 'best movie'.

This is a powerful movie. Educational and very well made, this is a great movie.

2019, 03/11 Enlightening for a post civil rights Gen X! Recent Black History month documentaries prepared me on the subject and for the graphic bridge scene (History Vault, Black Hx 2019).

Selma is a fantastic movie with a very well developed storyline and a stellar cast. It's a powerful, engaging story as we follow the life of historical icon Martin Luther King Jr.

"Selma" makes for an appropriate companion piece for the 2016 film "LBJ", or vice versa if you will, since this one came first. Interestingly, I thought Bryan Cranston and Anthony Mackie did a better job of portraying President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Martin Luther King respectively, both in presentation and appearance in "LBJ".