Movie Cosmos - Selma | Movie Cosmos

Description:

"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.

Top Cast >

David Oyelowo

As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Carmen Ejogo

As Coretta Scott King

Tom Wilkinson

As President Lyndon B. Johnson

Giovanni Ribisi

As Lee White

Tim Roth

As Gov. George Wallace

André Holland

As Andrew Young

Colman Domingo

As Ralph Abernathy

Common

As James Bevel

Stephan James

As John Lewis

Omar J. Dorsey

As James Orange

LaKeith Stanfield

As Jimmie Lee Jackson

Oprah Winfrey

As Annie Lee Cooper

Tessa Thompson

As Diane Nash

Cuba Gooding Jr.

As Fred Gray

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

As Bayard Rustin

Kent Faulcon

As Sullivan Jackson

Lorraine Toussaint

As Amelia Boynton

Alessandro Nivola

As John Doar

David Dwyer

As Chief Wilson Baker

E. Roger Mitchell

As Frederick Reese

Dylan Baker

As J. Edgar Hoover

Ledisi

As Mahalia Jackson

Niecy Nash-Betts

As Richie Jean Jackson

Corey Reynolds

As Rev. C.T. Vivian

Wendell Pierce

As Rev. Hosea Williams

Charity Jordan

As Viola Lee Jackson

Nigel Thatch

As Malcolm X

Trai Byers

As James Forman

Stan Houston

As Sheriff Jim Clark

Jeremy Strong

As James Reeb

Tara Ochs

As Viola Liuzzo

Stephen Root

As Col. Al Lingo

Greg Maness

As Aide

Haviland Stillwell

As President's Secretary

Charles Black

As Elder Marcher

Jody Thompson

As White Marcher

Henry G. Sanders

As Cager Lee

Montrel Miller

As Young Marcher

Jim France

As Gunnar Jahn

Michael Papajohn

As Major Cloud

John Lavelle

As Roy Reed

Stormy Merriwether

As Jackson's Daughter

Martin Sheen

As Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Belafonte

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Bennett

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sammy Davis Jr.

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Ava DuVernay

Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Erin G. Fuller

Location Scout

Riley Flanagan

Set Production Assistant

Paul Hackner

Sound Effects Editor

Beverly Jo Pryor

Makeup Department Head

Kellie Robinson

Makeup Artist

Elizabeth Keenan

Set Decoration

Christopher Assells

Sound Effects Editor

Greg Hedgepath

Supervising Sound Editor

Ruth E. Carter

Costume Design

Keitric Starks

Makeup Artist

Bill R. Dean

Sound Effects Editor

Paul Webb

Writer

Nik Bower

Executive Producer

Brad Pitt

Executive Producer

Aisha Coley

Casting

Dede Gardner

Producer

Cameron McCracken

Executive Producer

Bradford Young

Director of Photography

Oprah Winfrey

Producer

Nan Morales

Executive Producer

Jeremy Kleiner

Producer

Spencer Averick

Editor

Christian Colson

Producer

Diarmuid McKeown

Executive Producer

Kim Jennings

Art Direction

Paul Goodwin Garnes

Executive Producer

Atsushi Nishijima

Still Photographer

Dottie Starling

Visual Effects Supervisor

Rhymefest

Songs

Common

Songs

John Legend

Songs

Matthias Gohl

Orchestrator, Music Score Producer

Jason Moran

Original Music Composer

Jonathan Keith

Casting Director

Stephen A. Pope

Stunt Coordinator

Cynthia Stillwell

Casting Director

Karen Battiste

Stunts

Raven-Danielle Baker

Stunts

Mark Friedberg

Production Design

Jason Sweers

Graphic Designer

Willie D. Burton

Sound Mixer

Sterling Robertson

Assistant Editor

Reviews:

Martha (1/10)

I put off watching this movie because I am from Selma Alabama and I grew up there. Being from a town that was the heart of the Civil Rights Movement is hard growing up as a poor white girl because some of the black people in that town hold the racism against every white person and do to this day. I've never been one to be prejudice, but some of the people in that town really are and I think it has a lot to do with the fact that Selma was the turning point for all of Civil Rights. I left Selma and I can't say that was a bad thing. I had researched the March as a teen because I wasn't old enough to be there or wasnt even born yet, and I know for a fact they left out a lot of key elements in that movie that they didn't want you to see so I cannot give this a decent rating higher than a 1 because there's quite a few things omitted for the public not to see. The actors were very well casted and the backdrop made me proud to see my hometown shown so beautifully. Still I can't give this anything but one star due to the omitting of certain aspects of the story which are HISTORY and should not have been left out.

2022-07-26