Thursday, November 13, 2014

And the Man Marched On

This awards season, you are gonna wanna catch Selma.

Directed by Ava DuVernay (Lee Daniels was originally set to helm), this David Oyelowo-starring film – the Interstellar bit player portrays Martin Luther King Jr. – focuses on the civil rights leader’s struggle to secure voting rights for all people, climaxing with his Alabama march from Selma-to-Montgomery, Ala., and President Lyndon B. Johnson’s (Tom Wilkinson) signing of the Voting Rights Act of ’65.

Selma – which counts Brad Pitt as a producer and co-stars Dylan Baker (TV’s The Good Wife), Alessandro Nivola, Camen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint (Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black), and Oprah, among others – will open for a limited, Oscar-qualifying run on Dec. 25 before going wide on Jan. 9.

Check out the trailer now.

Photo: Indiewire.com.

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