Beautifully Made

Rating: 10/10 (14 March 2019)

I love this movie and have seen it many times. It is beautifully acted and the picture is beautiful as well. I love this movie because I have always been interested in learning about the civil rights movement. During my elementary years, we vaguely talked about civil rights, and so it wasn't until high school that I started learning more about the movement. It really interested me and this movie has helped me to learn even more and understand what went on and what is going on. It helped me to visualize it better.
This movie is about Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement that he led: a peaceful, non-violent one. It follows him as he and the others helping in this movement marched and petitioned for their rights, specifically in a city called Selma, in Alabama.
Like I said before, I've always been interested in the civil rights movement, but I haven't always been very educated about it. This movie helped to educate me on a few of the many events that happened during that time period. Nothing in this movie made me question its historical accuracy. It was interesting for me to see the different civil rights groups and how they interacted and did things differently.
This movie was directed by Ava DuVernay. I have not seen any of her other films, but she did an amazing job directing this one. Some of the main actors in this movie are David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, and Stephan James among others. I have seen quite a few of these actors in other movies and think they are all great actors. They all did a phenomenal job in this film. My favorite part of this movie is when they are going on their second (I think it's their second?) march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They end up turning back and not finishing the march, but it's just really cool to see how united everyone is in a great cause.
I really love this movie. It is well filmed and well acted. I love the history it shares and uses to educate. I love the historical characters it portrays and I love the courage and conviction it shows in the film of everyone in that movement. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone who loves history, especially civil rights history.