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Rating: 7/10 (4 May 2015)

Selma
Whites didn't want blacks voting down South because they didn't want them pointing out all the spelling mistakes on the ballots.
Either way, as this drama confirms, ignorance played a major role.
When Annie Lee Cooper (Oprah Winfrey) is refused the right to vote through intimidation, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo) leads a coalition of activists and parishioners down to Selma, Alabama to protest President Johnson's (Tom Wilkinson) refusal to enforce voter rights.
While many of their marches are marred by violence, King's moment gains footing and a white following.
However, J. Edgar Hoover (Dylan Baker) schemes to sabotage King's marriage and reputation.
An enlightening look at some of the most important moments of the civil rights movement, Selma supports its facts with surprising reveals concerning the effort and its fallible leader.
Incidentally, Selma already had a bad reputation from burning all those witches back in the 1600s.
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