Selma (film)

Selma
Selma
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ava DuVernay
Written by	Paul Webb;
Produced by	Christian Colson; Oprah Winfrey; Dede Gardner; Jeremy Kleiner;
Starring	David Oyelowo; Tom Wilkinson; Carmen Ejogo; Giovanni Ribisi; Alessandro Nivola; Cuba Gooding Jr.; Tim Roth; Oprah Winfrey;
Cinematography	Bradford Young
Edited by	Spencer Averick
Music by	Jason Moran
Production; companies	Pathé; Cloud Eight Films; Plan B Entertainment; Harpo Films; Ingenious Media; Redgill Selma Productions;
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (North America); 20th Century Fox (United Kingdom); Pathé Distribution (France);
Release dates	November 11, 2014 (AFI Fest); December 25, 2014 (United States);
Running time	128 minutes
Countries	France; United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$20 million
Box office	$67.8 million

Selma is a 2014 American historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches which were initiated and directed by James Bevel^[5]^[6] and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis. The film stars actors David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, and Common as Bevel.

Selma premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11, 2014, began a limited US release on December 25, and expanded into wide theatrical release on January 9, 2015, two months before the 50th anniversary of the march. The film was re-released on March 20, 2015 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the historical march.

The film was nominated for Best Picture and won Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards. It also received four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director and Best Actor, and won for Best Original Song.^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Selma". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ "SELMA (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. December 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Selma (2014)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Selma (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
^ Kryn, Randy (1989). "James L. Bevel: The Strategist of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement". In Garrow, David (ed.). We Shall Overcome: The Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950's and 1960's. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing Inc. pp. 517–536. ISBN 0926019023.
^ Randy Kryn, "Movement Revision Research Summary Regarding James Bevel" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, published by Middlebury College, October 2005.
^ "Golden Globe: 'Birdman,' 'Boyhood' and 'Imitation Game' Top Nominations". Variety. December 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2014.

[afi-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Selma". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2016.

[2] "SELMA (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. December 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 15, 2014.

[bfi-3] "Selma (2014)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2016.

[BOM-4] "Selma (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

[5] Kryn, Randy (1989). "James L. Bevel: The Strategist of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement". In Garrow, David (ed.). We Shall Overcome: The Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950's and 1960's. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Publishing Inc. pp. 517–536. ISBN 0926019023.

[6] Randy Kryn, "Movement Revision Research Summary Regarding James Bevel" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, published by Middlebury College, October 2005.

[7] "Golden Globe: 'Birdman,' 'Boyhood' and 'Imitation Game' Top Nominations". Variety. December 11, 2014. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2014.

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