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By Kevin Carr (1,610) for Fat Guys at the Movies (419) on 01 Oct 2018

Selma is a stark reminder that there are still plenty of injustices in the world that we'd like to think had gone away 50 years ago…

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By Nijla Mu'min (4) for Shadow and Act (97) on 01 Oct 2018

There are no wasted moments here. There are no wasted characters. The film is as much about Martin Luther King Jr…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Christianity Today (953) on 01 Oct 2018

It is a very, very good movie, beautifully shot by Bradford Young and deftly, almost astonishingly well-directed by relative newcomer Ava DuVernay…

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By Ben Nicholson (124) for CineVue (2,163) on 30 Sep 2018

A vital and timely missive to a new generation that is as sobering as it is uplifting, all built around a performance of astounding accomplishment…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for What the Flick?! (134) on 24 Sep 2018

David Oyelowo breathes such life into it and makes you feel like you're seeing this person for the first time…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 24 Sep 2018

Even if DuVernay stumbles a bit when it comes to political sausage-making (really, who knows?), the film is dramatically tight and emotionally true…

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By Anne Brodie (132) for What She Said (131) on 29 Aug 2018

King's story is tragic, that's no spoiler. The film ends with a heavy heart, mixed with hope. Selma is an important film and it is profoundly moving…

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By Kathryn Reklis (32) for The Christian Century (32) on 19 Aug 2018

It captures something more elusive in our fictions and in our politics: the feeling and dynamic of a collective movement…

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By Camilla Long (212) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 15 Feb 2018

The film... assumes such vast prior knowledge of the civil rights movement that only a fraction of the audience will understand it…

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By Uri Klein (124) for Haaretz (130) on 11 Jan 2018

Selma is not just a chronicle of historical developments; it aims to do more than just involve us in King's fight and move us as it unfolds…

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By Hugo Hernández Valdivia (119) for Cinexcepción (119) on 13 Dec 2017

its relevance grows in times when tempers are easily exasperated and the use of violence is privileged…

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By Robert Kojder (605) for Flickering Myth (680) on 01 Dec 2017

A racially and politically charged biopic full of vivid violent imagery that is sure to haunt viewers, and an emotionally gripping performance…

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By Anwen Crawford (47) for Kill Your Darlings (26) on 11 Sep 2017

Selma gives back to the Civil Rights movement its urgent and motivating anger, when too often the movement has been misrepresented as a cause…

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By Megan Burbank (30) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 21 Aug 2017

Selma forces a kind of reckoning for its viewer. At these moments, you won't be able to look away. And you shouldn't…

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By Alex Heeney (135) for Seventh Row (175) on 13 Aug 2017

Selma is a vital, brutal, and inspiring film…

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By Sr. Rose Pacatte (156) for National Catholic Reporter (122) on 09 Aug 2017

[Selma] shows well the heartbreaking personal sacrifices made by those who wanted to be free, to be free at last, to cast their vote to effect change…

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By Lisa Rosman (132) for Signature (102) on 01 Aug 2017

As protests continue to erupt, it becomes ever more apparent that we need models of effective change. Selma fits that bill stirringly…

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By Michelle Dean (3) for Refinery29 (181) on 25 Jun 2017

One of the biggest triumphs of director DuVernay's Selma is how she reverses that erasure: Her film, which centers on the march Martin Luther…

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By Hilary A White (243) for Sunday Independent (Ireland) (504) on 12 Jun 2016

It's all highly measured and tasteful, a rare thing when cinema and sacred cows meet…

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By Alfred Joyner (5) for International Business Times (181) on 22 May 2016

It's the quieter moments where Oyelowo really excels…

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