“Selma” is a Drama and Biographical movie which was released on 9 January 2015 in USA. The movie was based on the effort of Martin Luther King’s movement to secure the right to vote for African-American people through a march from Selma to Montgomery. Martin Luther King Jr. had a long way to go even though his efforts against the racial partiality. Even though the segregation was ended, African-Americans were still deprived of their rights to vote through fear and intimidation. When Martin Luther King went to the White house to talk the to President Lyndon B. Johnson, he wanted to elevate the poverty driven community. During that time, SNCC had an ambition for the voter registration campaign in Selma but they were not dealt nicely. They faced opposition in Jim Clark, the Sheriff. The local resident called for assistance in their mission to get the right to vote, Martin Luther King went to Selma. …show more content…
David Oyelowo, who played the character for Martin Luther King Jr. won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in 2015 for the movie Selma. His contribution to the movie through the character was immaculate. The character accurately depicted what they were designed to depict. Other character roles were very good. It was nominated for the best Motion Picture of the Year in Oscar and Best Motion Picture in Golden Globe. Even though “Selma” was recently made in 2015, it qualifies as the movie that was set in an earlier period. The movie shots were taken in Alabama where all these events happened. The famous film location for the movie, “Edmund Pettus Bridge”, was seen in the movie where everyone marched. The movie showed the actual historical places. The director says that “You’re in the real place, staging these scenes in places where black bodies have been broken and beaten and bloodied” and stated that it was very intense to make the movement in a