Selma Movie Analysis

Selma In the film, Selma, people are able to see how much hard work was put into ensuring that voting rights were truly equal for all of the citizens of America. This film goes deep into the hearts of the people who played key roles in the civil rights movement. We can see that desegregation was not enough. Citizens need voting rights and to have all of the freedoms that is promised when becoming and American. In the beginning of the movie, a lady is trying to register to vote. It is clear that the man in the office is against letting blacks vote; after checking that all of her information is correct, he asks her to say the preamble. To his surprise, she knows it. He then continues to ask her questions until they are basically impossible to answer. Most of the white people did not know that information either. When she cannot answer his question, he stamps a big denied on her registration form. According to the law, this lady should have been granted the right to vote. That is just one example of what happened daily in towns like Selma. One of the nonviolent movements that the SCLC put on was a march. The first time that they attempted to march to Selma they were brutally attacked by the police. The whole attack was caught on camera …show more content…
It took a lot of sacrifices, blood, sweat, and tears to get to this point as a country, and the last thing we should do is take it for granted. Selma is a very compelling in many ways. We are compelled to fight for what we believe in no matter what obstacles come our way. If we know for a fact that it is right and God has ordained it, we should fight for it till we die. This film matters for Americans today so that we can see how hard people fought for a freedom that they should have already had because they were American citizens. We should never forget the history that went into shaping this