Civil Rights on Film - Selma Assembly
Martin Luther King Day, 18 Jan
This interactive assembly resource uses stimulus from the film Selma as a way to explore the Civil Rights Movement.
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Tue 10 Jul 2018
10:30 - 13:00
Genesis Cinema,
93-95 Mile End Road,
London,
England,
E1 4UJ
FREE
14+
WHAT: Into Film is proud to present an educational screening of Selma as part of our Summer Screenings programme.
WHEN: Tuesday 10 July, 10:30am - 13:00pm (the film will start promptly at 10:45am)
WHERE: Genesis Cinema 93-95 Mile End Road London E1 4UJ
Synopsis:
This absorbing drama focuses on a few months in 1965 and King's involvement in the campaign to secure voting rights for black Americans. David Oyelowo's gripping central performance emphasises King's weaknesses, doubts and pressures as well as his charisma and skilled oratory. The tight focus of the film places King's achievements in context, revealing the tactics and conflicts of the wider civil rights movement. Scenes of brutality during protest provide a timely reminder of the violence and urgency of King's campaign as well as society's continuing distance from his ideals.
Duration: 2 hours 8 mins
Certificate: 12
Language: English
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Selma
Martin Luther King is well known as one of America's greatest advocates of civil rights for black Americans and this absorbing drama focuses on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches and the events leading up to this historic moment in American history. After accepting his Nobel Peace Prize, four black girls in Alabama are killed by a bomb set by the Ku Klux Klan, setting off a chain of events that lead to a rising up of black Americans against racial injustice. As Dr King readies himself to lead the forthcoming rallies, he must deal with the US government as well as his own weakness and doubts. Complex and moving, this is a film which explores, in depth, the intricacies of leadership and the wider civil rights movement in America.
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Contains moderate violence, racist language, infrequent strong language
Ava DuVernay
2014
USA
English
123 minutes