The story
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Watch trailerCast & crew
David OyelowoDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carmen EjogoCoretta Scott King
Tom WilkinsonPresident Lyndon B. Johnson
Giovanni RibisiLee White
Tim RothGov. George Wallace
André HollandAndrew Young
Colman DomingoRalph Abernathy
CommonJames Bevel
Stephan JamesJohn Lewis
Omar J. DorseyJames Orange
LaKeith StanfieldJimmie Lee Jackson
Oprah WinfreyAnnie Lee CooperExplore the crew
- Director
- Ava DuVernay
- Writer
- Paul Webb
- Producer
- Dede Gardner
- Director of Photography
- Bradford Young
- Producer
- Oprah Winfrey
- Producer
- Jeremy Kleiner
- Editor
- Spencer Averick
- Producer
- Christian Colson
- Original Music Composer
- Jason Moran
- Writer
- Ava DuVernay