Review of Salma (2014) by Okinaz — 20 Jan 2015

I purchased tickets only to get a refund after reading an article on how President Johnson was horribly portrayed in this movie. What a shame that a director cannot get the facts right in portraying all important parties, especially one that changed the social dynamics and direction of the US.

It was not the Kennedys that pushed through civil rights, it was LBJ. Anyone living through the 60's should recall the events and the times. Kennedy was too busy with Castro and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

He put LBJ in charge who followed through when elected president. This was a time of social upheaval and many whites were against the movement, remember Governor Wallace? Well, LBJ was one of the biggest supporters of the movement but was dealing with political differences in the congress and played his game to push the bill through.

You can call LBJ many things; I was not a fan of his. But as President of the US, he did support the civil rights movement. And for anyone to call this a great movie, forget it! Directors need to keep their personal interpretations/spins/opinions out of the picture when creating historically-based movies, especially one that had such an important impact on this country.

With the racial/cultural issues that all Americans are witnessing today, this movie may be inadvertently enhancing today's racial/cultural issues by painting a picture based on un-factual events.