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Cast And Crew Of Ava DuVernay’s SELMA Make Commemorative March in Selma, Alabama – Photo Essay
People throughout the country today remembered Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an American leader of the Civil Rights Movement, with celebrations and marches. He was man who truly changed the U.S. and really made it a better place.
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the filmmakers and cast of the Academy Award-nominated film SELMA joined the residents of Selma, Alabama in a commemorative march yesterday to pay tribute to Dr. King’s contributions to the city and its role in the civil rights movement.
Selma mayor George Evans addressed the community at Selma City Hall with Rev. Dion Culliver of Tabernacle Baptist Church and Rev. Leodis Strong of Brown AME Chapel before the crowd participated in a commemorative march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where the historical marches occurred 50 years ago.
Common and John Legend performed their song “Glory” on the historical Edmund Pettus Bridge. The Golden Globe-winning song has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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It was announced last week that John Legend will sing “America The Beautiful” as part of Super Bowl XLIX pregame festivities at University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona on Sunday, February 1.
The cast and filmmakers attended a special screening at the Selma Walton Theater for Alabama state officials and the film’s local cast and crew. The Selma Walton Theater is showing free screenings of SELMA throughout the month of January for local citizens.
Director Ava DuVernay, stars David Oyelowo and Common and the film’s producers Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner participated in a Q&A with select filmmakers and cast moderated by Congresswoman Terri Sewell at Selma High School for local high school students and teachers.
The “Selma for Students” program is providing more than 275,000 free tickets for 7th, 8th, and 9th graders across the country to see SELMA. For tickets, visit: http://selmastudenttickets.com/
Photos: © 2015 Getty Images
SELMA is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.
Director Ava DuVernay’s SELMA tells the real story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.
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