First Trailer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Biopic, Selma, Released

First Trailer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Biopic, Selma, Released

The trailer for director Ava DuVernay’s biopic of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Selma, is now online. Check it out in the player, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies.

Starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey, Selmais 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. Selma tells the 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.

Selma hits theaters on December 25 in a limited release, expanding January 9, 2015.

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SOURCE: Comingsoon.net

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