"Selma" cast call film evocative of Ferguson protests
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English actor David Oyelowo and the cast of "Selma" reflected on the contemporary significance of the civil rights movement at the film's world premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday (November 11) evening. "Selma" follows civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (played by Oyelowo) over a period of three months in 1965 as he leads a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to the secure equal voting rights for African-Americans in the United States. The march in Alabama is credited with the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The film also stars Lorraine Toussaint, Common and Oprah Winfrey; Winfrey is also one of the films' producers. "Selma" unexpectedly had its world premiere at the week-long American Film Institute's AFI Fest film festival on Tuesday. It was previously announced that only 30 minutes of advance footage would be shown at the festival until director Ava DuVernay revealed via a Twitter conversation with Oprah on Sunday (N
English actor David Oyelowo and the cast of "Selma" reflected on the contemporary significance of the civil rights movement at the film's world premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday (November 11) evening. "Selma" follows civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (played by Oyelowo) over a period of three months in 1965 as he leads a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to the secure equal voting rights for African-Americans in the United States. The march in Alabama is credited with the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The film also stars Lorraine Toussaint, Common and Oprah Winfrey; Winfrey is also one of the films' producers. "Selma" unexpectedly had its world premiere at the week-long American Film Institute's AFI Fest film festival on Tuesday. It was previously announced that only 30 minutes of advance footage would be shown at the festival until director Ava DuVernay revealed via a Twitter conversation with Oprah on Sunday (N