Incredible, but somewhat disturbing

Rating: 7/10 (26 February 2019)

It's very hard to make a new and fresh movie based around the Civil Rights Movement because of the sheer amount of movies that have been made on it.
Luckily Selma pulls this off very well Oyelowo's portrayal of King is uncanny and really shows how much of a people mover he was. This movie was going for realism, and it achieved it at the expense of a casual watch. There is a few scenes that are really hard to watch, but makes it really good as a classroom movie.
Overall I'm glad to have seen this movie and I would definitely recommend this to a friend, but I wouldn't be there to watch it with them, because I was a little to shook by this movie.