Selma is a historial drama, that was released at the end of

2014 and was directed by Ava du Vernay. The main actor of

the movie is David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. The film
is an amazing performance of a part of Martin Luther Kings
life. It is heartbreaking, but at the same time is inspiring and
poignant.
The topic of the film is Martin Luthers King movement for
racial equality. The triggering events of the movement are the
murder of 4 black girls inside a church and the denial to
register to vote of a woman in Selma, Alabama. At the
beginning Martin Luther King decides to talk to the US
President and requests him to approve the right to vote for
black people. However the president denies the approval of
voting rights because he believes it is not an important issue.
As a response to this, Martin Luther King decides to go to
Selma with other activists and begins a movement for black
people voting rights. When he arrives, he encourages Selmas
people to protest peacefully. During the first protests the
police attacts the marchers with weapons and gas. This is
recorded by the television and is shown in the news. Many U.S
citizens feel moved and decide to travel to Selma to support
the movement. Luther organizes a second march to go from
Selma to Motgomery. This time the state troopers dont attack
the protesters. However before arriving to Montgomery Luther
has a strange feeling and decides that it is better to go back
to Selma. After that Martn Luther King takes the violation of
civil rights to black people to a court and asks for permission
to do a legal march from Selma to Montgomery. The judge
grants him this permission to march. After that the US
president makes a public speech accepting voting rights for
afroamerican. The film ends up with thousands of people
marching from Selma to Montgomery and with a speech of
Martin Luther King.
The acting of all the actors was impressive. Even the
supporting actors had an outstanding performance. David
Oyeloyo does a brilliant representation of M. L. King. I felt

really moved specially during M. L. King speeches and his

acting really involved me in the drama of the afro americans
at that time.
The prupose of the film is not to show amazing special effects
but rather represent historical events, so that they were
poignant. The customs and scenography of the movie are
coherent with the time, in which the social movement as
developed.
It is clear that the theme of the film is the black american
struggle against racial injustice. During the movie the
afroamericans are looking forward to have voting rights, so
that they can also choose their governors. The other
important theme of the movie is M. L. King Jrs political and
personal lif. The movie depicts M. L Kings human side.
In brief, the movie is worth it, not only because of the topic
but also because of the amazing performance of the actors. I
recommend it specially for people interested in knowing more
about american history.