Selma Film UK

SELMA is available on Digital HD from 1st June and on Blu-ray and DVD from 15th June

Description

Produced by Oprah Winfrey through Harpo Films, Christian Colson through Cloud Eight Films and Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through Brad Pitt's company Plan B (12 Years A Slave), SELMA tells the gripping and moving true story of the pivotal moment in Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.'s epic Civil Rights struggle - the 1965 protest march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to secure voting rights for African Americans.

The 2015 release of SELMA celebrates the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Voting Rights Act and this triumphant story of the power of the people.

SELMA stars British actor David Oyelowo (Middle of Nowhere, The Butler, A Most Violent Year) as Martin Luther King Jr. and is directed by Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere). The supporting cast includes Tom Wilkinson (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Michael Clayton) as President Lyndon B. Johnson; Carmen Ejogo (Alex Cross, Ride And Glory) as Coretta King; Tim Roth (Arbitrage, The Incredible Hulk) as Governor George Wallace; and Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper.

In UK Cinemas Nationwide 6th February 2015
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Scenes from SELMA were filmed in Georgia. For more, visit www.tourgeorgiafilm.com