The film Selma received a 4 star rating from Ann Hornaday of The Washington .
Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post gave the film four out of five stars , and wrote : `` With Selma , director Ava DuVernay has created a stirring , often thrilling , uncannily timely drama that works on several levels at once ... she presents [ Martin Luther King , Jr. ] as a dynamic figure of human-scale contradictions , flaws and supremely shrewd political skills .
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