Selma (2014)
"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 Voting Rights Act.
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Directors: Ava DuVernay
Casts: David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, Tim Roth as Gov. George Wallace, Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper, Giovanni Ribisi as Lee White, Alessandro Nivola as John Doar, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Fred Gray, André Holland as Andrew Young, Omar J. Dorsey as James Orange, Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy, Common as James Bevel, 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, Lakeith 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, Greg 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, Montrel Miller as Young Marcher, Jim France as Gunnar Jahn, Harry Belafonte as self (archive footage), Tony Bennett as self (archive footage), Sammy Davis Jr. as self (archive footage)
