Selma
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights Act.
History, Drama
Plan B Entertainment, Harpo Films, Celador Films, Cloud Eight Films, Pathé
David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon Baines Johnson, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, André Holland as Andrew Young, Omar J. Dorsey as James Orange, Alessandro Nivola as John Doar, Giovanni Ribisi as Lee White, Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy, Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper, Tim Roth as Gov. George Wallace, Common as James Bevel, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Fred Gray, Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Bayard Rustin, Tessa Thompson as Diane Nash, Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia Boynton, David Dwyer as Chief Wilson Baker, E. Roger Mitchell as Frederick Reese, Dylan Baker as J. Edgar Hoover, Ledisi Anibade Young as Mahalia Jackson, Kent Faulcon as Sullivan Jackson, Niecy Nash as Richie Jean Jackson, Corey Reynolds as Rev. C.T. Vivian, Wendell Pierce as Rev. Hosea Williams, Stephan James as John Lewis, Keith Stanfield as Jimmie Lee Jackson, Charity Jordan as Viola Lee Jackson, Trai Byers as James Forman, Stan Houston as Sheriff Jim Clark, Nigel Thatch as Malcolm X, Jeremy Strong as James Reeb, Tara Ochs as Viola Liuzzo, Martin Sheen as Frank Minis Johnson, Stephen Root as Col. Al Lingo, Gregory Chandler Maness as Aide, Haviland Stillwell as President's Secretary, Charles Black as Elder Marcher, Jody Thompson as White Marcher, Henry G. Sanders as Cager Lee