A Balanced Historical Drama

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2015)

Selma is a historical drama that was based on the voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery that was led by Dr.Martin Luther King,Jr together with James Bevel,Hoseal Williams and John Lewis.It stars David Oyelowo,Tom Wilkinson,Tim Roth and Carmen Ejogo.Director Ava DuVernays provides us what transpired at the time during the Civil Rights Movement.
This movie chronicles the three-month period back in 1965 when Dr.Martin Luther King led a movements for the sake of equal voting rights at Alabama.He and his group initiated a walk from Selma to Montgomery to fulfill his vision of equal rights between blacks and whites in the country.It provided the viewer the events that transpired before,during and after the march as well as the effects that it had with regards to Dr.King's family life with the troubles it brought his wife for the movement that he is trying to initiate and the politics that he adheres to.
This was definitely one great historical drama as we get to see a well-told event of our history that is both factual and transparent.It does not favor liberal nor conservative politics.Added to that,it also does not sanitize Dr. Martin Luther,Jr. as we get to see the film on the good like his commitment to the Civil Rights Movement for the sake of his fellow African- Americans as well as the bad like the negative effects it has provided his wife,Coretta as well as the extra- marital affairs that he has engaged into.Aside from that,we also get to witness a balanced view of racism wherein non-colored people are guilty of it regardless of the politics that they believe in.Finally,the cast provided great acting.It was a wonderful historical movie indeed.