Selma

Selma (12)
Directed by Ava DuVernay
USA, 2014
128 minutes

This critically acclaimed film tells of a significant victory for Dr Martin Luther King Jnr and the American civil rights movement – the epic march that set out from Selma in 1965.

DuVernay brings the story to life with great skill, deftly weaving together the strands of this complex story, and giving us a powerful and rousing testament to those who fought for freedom.