Selma, the long march of Martin Luther King – leJDD.fr

Selma ** Ava DuVernay, David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Oprah Winfrey. 2:08.

Two months to the day after the Republican running in the wake of January, a film comes another rally that occurred in 1965 in the United States for the right of vote for the African American population. Simply titled Selma, the name of the city where the event is a party, this drama in educational value and well documented, says long struggle of Martin Luther King to convince the then president, Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the famous law. The pastor, who won a year earlier Nobel Peace Prize, has shown courage and kept his head high while fighting against segregation, repression, intimidation, threats, before getting successful and being assassinated in 1968.

Shortly after the announcement of the Oscar nominations, Spike Lee, always ready when it comes to take a stir, has outraged the weak representation of the feature in the most prestigious categories. The filmmaker arguing that recognition of blacks by the Academy occur every ten years! But 2014 saw the coronation of 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen and his actress Lupita Nyong’o. In the end, only one statuette was awarded to Selma on 22 February for Best Original Song, Glory . The director, Ava DuVernay, remains cautious about the controversy. “I share the same political beliefs as Spike. But do not forget the most important view. The real reward is the standing ovation of 15,000 people was offered to me at the Berlin Festival.”

The story, uplifting, demonstrative speech marked the preacher is not free lengths. Despite these reservations, Ava DuVernay tells a vital market, driven by the delivery inhabited the charismatic David Oyelowo. “This key episode of the course Martin Luther King had to be told to the cinema and I am surprised that no one has done before me. I studied African American history at university and my father is originally from Alabama. At 11, he has seen the procession under his window, joy and fervor of people of color and different classes, united in defense of freedom, justice, respect and dignity. With Selma, . I intend to prove to the younger generation it is possible to resist oppression and racism “

On Saturday, Barack Obama was in Selma to commemorate Martin Luther King:

Stephanie Belpêche – Le Journal du Dimanche

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