Another of the 2014 films that was really good. Set in 1964, the story has a special resonance with me, since this was the year I was born. These things happened in my life time.
I don't remember seeing Martin Luther King on TV; he was assassinated when I was very young. But I've seen replay of the footage that does exist. I would suggest that the portrayal was very good. The actor, and the man, gave impassioned speeches, Moving speeches, that work on the screen very effectively.
The events that took place in Selma, Alabama were terrible. Even watching the reenactment of them in this film wrenches my gut. I'm saddened and appalled that people were, and are, so intolerant of their fellow passengers on the planet.
Great performances by many actors I'm not familiar with. Oprah Winfrey plays a small role, but otherwise, the actors became those characters for me, and inhabited them well. Although Giovanni Ribisi was distracting as the Whitehouse advisor Lee White. I kept seeing the idiot company man from Avatar all the time.
Recommend? Yes
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