Selma
2014
Release Date
December 25th, 2014
Runtime
- 128 minutes
Synopsis
- "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 Civil Rights Act.
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 - 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)