Selma is a 2014 American historical drama film written by Paul Webb and directed by Ava DuVernay. The main actors include David Oyelowo as the King and Tom Wilkinson as the president. The film documents a violent three-month period in the year 1965 as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a campaign to advocate for equal voting rights in Selma town. The film highlights the difficult moments they encountered as they marched from Selma to Montgomery. The march ended when the president signed the Voting rights
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were killed in a time period of only 12 years‚ victims of Hitler’s concentration and death camps. Chaim and Selma Engel are two people that managed to survive one of the worst death camps and made it through the war. Through the evil they witnessed and the struggles they endured‚ their love was what kept them going. Their love for each other gave them hope‚ even when all hope seemed lost. Selma Engel was born as Saartje Wijnberg on May 15‚ 1922 in Zwolle‚ Holland to a Jewish family. Her name was changed
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Selma and Lincoln are two historical movies about important events that happened in history. Did the directors include all the important details in their movie? Selma is about the Selma marches‚ lead by Martin Luther King. Throughout the movie‚ there is a debate between Martin Luther King and President Lyndon B. Johnson. Specifically‚ King tries countless times to try to persuade Johnson to help King achieve voting rights for black people‚ but every time Johnson refuses he becomes more annoyed by
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showing there is so much left to still fight for‚ reality set in. The biting sounds of a billy clubs smashing the heads of a demonstrator are not to be forgotten. Selma was loaded with moments of view-altering shock and disturbing clarity‚ where the audience had to step back and re-evaluate. The movie was created for this exact reason. Selma served as an eye-opening reminder of the relentless struggle to gain fundamental rights. Today‚ citizens take rights such as voting for granted. But‚ watching disheartening
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Prof. Traci Alexander Speech Communications Due Date: April 6th 2015 What could be more American? As I to listen to President Obama speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama to mark the 50th Anniversary of “Blood Sunday”. I thought about the question asked What could be more American and If I Agreed with this statement. President Obama throughout his speech single out the most important idea that Americans
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Honoring Selma: The irreplaceable American Milestone In the year 1975‚ Americans of all background came together on the bridge of Selma to protest the unjust treatment towards people of color in the United State. 50 years later‚ at the same spot President Obama gave a speech; explaining why Selma should be honored has an American milestone. Even though Selma is not seen as a milestone in America’s history‚ Obama wants to prove otherwise because Selma was a big step forward in the civil right movement
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The movie Selma that was directed by Ava DuVernay was a documentary about the events that lead up to the march in Selma‚ Alabama‚ the march itself‚ the aftermath‚ and the difficulties and emotions that Dr. King faced during the time. This movie focused on the brutality that African Americans faced during this time by emphasizing the march scenes using camera angles‚ editing‚ and sound. It also focused on the interactions between Dr. King and Lyndon B. Johnson‚ which was a very important
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1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. led a campaign to get equal voting rights for African Americans. He went against the face of violent opposition to try and get equal rights for African Americans with nonviolent approaches. He led a march from Selma to Montgomery which concluded in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This was one of the most significant moments for the civil rights movement. This movie tells the story of how the movement that altered history for the better
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people of America‚ which were at that time‚ the African Americans‚ quite nobly took a stand and spoke out against all of the injustice they and their families have endured‚ and I can’t help to greatly admire them for that. Overall‚ the march from Selma to Montgomery was truly an inspiring turning point in history. After watching videos and reading articles about this major event‚ I was immediately met with anger‚ directed towards the past people of America who had so cruelly treated their not only
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Bloody Sunday‚ Selma was Forever Changed Author Lisa Marostica in her article‚ “Bloody Sunday‚ Women and the Collective” stresses the importance of memorializing the women‚ who dedicated their lives to the civil rights struggle. She does an adequate job in supporting her claim‚ by summarizing the lives of two incredible women‚ all the while illustrating the event that took place during the peak of the civil rights movement. “Bloody Sunday” on March 7‚ 1965‚ goes down in history as one of the most
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