Movie #1002 "Selma" was a very powerful, stirring film, and it is so topical and relevant now! The lead actor embodies the very formidable role of Martin Luther King by using his voice, his stance, his walk, his eyes,etc. All the casting was superb, along with the song "glory" at the end of the movie. Editing could have been a bit tighter, but other than that, the film really through you into the time period. I had a gut reaction to all the man's inhumanity to man with the beatings --- they were hard to watch, and I cringed when LBJ used the "n" word while talking to his cohorts. But I didn't see the "LBJ bashing" that some in the press have been talking about the past couple of days. To me , it shows him being a politician with 101 problems to deal with, and MLK as an activist whom has one major one (that's from the movie), and so he was trying to keep things off his plate while he was fighting a war on poverty. (not to mention the Viet Nam war) The film starts with a bang, and then gets a bit talkie with a lot of pausing, but I never lost interest in the struggle, in the cause, in how brave these people were and I guess I'm reacting to that. It isn't the best film of the bunch technically, but if it wins best picture, it's a picture America should be proud of, and every adult (and even young adult) should see it!
Selma
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1965 civil rights march from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery, this stirring historical drama highlights the courage of the marchers as they withstand racist and violent attacks by the police.
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