Selma Trailer

“What happens when a man stands up and says ‘enough is enough’?” So goes the question raised by Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) when President Lyndon B. Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) declines to help him in battling the race-related violence in Alabama. In retaliation, King organises a peaceful protest; he has African Americans march into Selma, Alabama, in an attempt to gain rights to vote. What follows, is a truly horrifying attack from the police on the peaceful protest which was televised and seen by millions, forcing the President’s hand, as he is forced to watch innocent people suffer. 

Production for ‘Selma’ began in 2008, financed by Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment. Director Ava DuVernay (‘Middle of Nowhere’) joined the project in July, 2013, with principle photography beginning in May, 2014. David Oyelowo was cast in the main role in 2010, with Wilkinson joining the cast in 2014. ‘Selma’ was filmed in and around Atlanta. The movie is to be distributed in the US by a division of Paramount Pictures, and Pathé in the UK. The release date is currently set for 25th December, 2014, in the US, with a worldwide release date of 9th January, 2015.