Selma story of an important moment in the life of Martin Luther King – TF1

Selma in theaters Wednesday, which contributed to the debate on the discrimination still under African Americans in the United States, is a powerful film about a key page of Black History US and one of his heroes, Martin Luther King . Ava DuVernay’s film, co-produced by Pathé, the production company of Brad Pitt (Plan B), and Oprah Winfrey , billionaire audiovisual, is one of the few ever made on the apostle of non-violence.

Selma focuses on a short period in the life of King after his Nobel Peace Prize (1964) and the bomb attack against a church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four black girls in 1963. The highlight of the film is set in Selma, Alabama town where King and civil rights activists have conducted several steps to Montgomery, the capital of the state.

The film was originally a controversy in the United States because, despite rave reviews, no actor or actress black film, including rising star David Oyelowo and Oprah Winfrey, have been selected as finalists for the Oscar. This has outraged some, during a year marked by police violence against black Americans Ferguson, New York and elsewhere, which led to huge demonstrations in all of the United States. The main song of the film, Glory , played by John Legend and Common, however, won the Oscar for best song, a price which was the occasion of a plea against racial discrimination aujourd ay. “The rights for which he fought 50 years ago” the hero of the film Selma “are compromised today,” he told John Legend, receiving the Oscar.

Selma, which tells of the black struggle for the right to vote without hindrance, is worn by David Oyelowo, recently seen in Interstellar and A Most Violent Year in Martin Luther King determined and charismatic. British comedian from Nigeria said to have dreamed in 2007 that embody one day Martin Luther King. Oprah Winfrey performer Annie Lee Cooper, a modest and dignified nurse who tries to register as voters and sees humiliated and prevented from doing so by a town employee.

Martin Luther King, already crowned his Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing the continuing problems in the South to vote, goes to Selma to lead demonstrations and a famous march to the capital of Alabama, Montgomery. The violent repression of the march by police during “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965, scandalized America and trigger a national movement bringing President Lyndon Johnson to proclaim the Voting Rights Act (1965). Stalking the US Secret Service who want the loss of Martin Luther King, listen to each of his conversations and not follow the step, is expertly recounted in the film, as well as attempts to destabilize him through his wife. King’s doubts, dissensions with other leaders like Malcolm X or student activists in Selma, are also staged.

The director related that when shooting in Selma Similarly, it sometimes had to convince the dozens of white extras pretend hate black people much of the time. “I told them that it involved an important job of showing this rage, hatred, and had to shout these insults.”