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Selma

Biopic chronicling the three-month period in 1965 which saw Dr Martin Luther King Jr lead a turbulent march from Selma to Montgomery in a bid to secure equal voting rights.

Film chronicling the tumultuous three-month period in 1965 when Dr Martin Luther King Jr led a campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition, culminating in the epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, which led President Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement that forever altered history.

1 hour, 58 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Sep 202523:00
BBC Two

Music Played

  • Otis Redding

    Ole Man Trouble

  • The Impressions

    Keep On Pushing

  • Sister Gertrude Morgan

    New World In My View

  • Yusef Lateef

    Bamboo Flute Blues

  • Duane Eddy

    House of The Rising Sun

  • The Staple Singers

    Why? (Am I Treated So Bad)

  • Odetta

    Masters of War

  • Fink, Finian Greenall

    Yesterday Was Hard On All of Us

  • Common & John Legend

    Glory

Credits

Martin Luther King JrDavid Oyelowo
President Lyndon B JohnsonTom Wilkinson
Coretta Scott KingCarmen Ejogo
Lee WhiteGiovanni Ribisi
Amelia BoyntonLorraine Toussaint
John LewisStephan James
Rev Hosea WilliamsWendell Pierce
James BevelCommon
John DoarAlessandro Nivola
Jimmie Lee JacksonLaKeith Stanfield
Fred GrayCuba Gooding Jr
J Edgar HooverDylan Baker
Governor George WallaceTim Roth
Annie Lee CooperOprah Winfrey
Cager LeeHenry G Sanders
Andrew YoungAndre Holland
Gunnar JahnJim France
Bayard RustinRuben Santiago-Hudson
Ralph AbernathyColman Domingo
James OrangeOmar J Dorsey
Diane NashTessa Thompson
Frederick ReeseE Roger Mitchell
Mahalia JacksonLedisi Young
Sullivan JacksonKent Faulcon
Richie Jean JacksonNiecy Nash
Reverend CT VivianCorey Reynolds
Roy ReedJohn Lavelle
James FormanTrai Byers
James ReebJeremy Strong
DirectorAva DuVernay
WriterPaul Webb
ProducerJeremy Kleiner

Broadcasts

  • Fri 14 Apr 201721:00
    BBC Two
  • Sun 1 Apr 201823:00
    BBC Two except Wales
  • Sun 1 Apr 201823:20
    BBC Two Wales
  • Sun 14 Oct 201823:15
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland
  • Fri 19 Jun 202023:20
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Wed 6 Oct 202123:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Mon 2 Oct 202323:15
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 11 Feb 202423:30
    BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Mon 12 Feb 202400:30
    BBC One Scotland & Scotland HD only
  • Tue 25 Mar 202523:05
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Fri 19 Sep 202523:00
    BBC Two except Scotland

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