Johnson associates Mark Updegrove and Joseph A. Califano Jr reviewed the film Selma .
Notable criticism came from two Johnson associates : LBJ Presidential Library director Mark Updegrove and Joseph A. Califano , Jr.. Having served as Johnson 's top domestic policy assistant ( including on issues of civil rights ) and as U.S. Secretary of Health , Education , and Welfare , Califano questioned whether the writer and director felt `` free to fill the screen with falsehoods , immune from any responsibility to the dead , just because they thought it made for a better story '' .
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