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By Todd Vanderwerff (134) for Vox (725) on 22 May 2016

Selma isn't a discrete story of one moment in time that we can observe safely from the sidelines. It is all around us, every day…

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By Francesca Rudkin (294) for New Zealand Herald (729) on 25 Apr 2016

By avoiding this film being a straight bio-pic or relationship drama, DuVernay has created a historical and political drama that resonates today…

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By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Oyelowo is the real deal, monumental in a film that isn't, muscling a middling historical drama into something absolutely worth seeing…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seanax.com (387) on 24 Mar 2016

about the cost and the stakes of movement…

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By Eileen Jones (139) for The Jacobin (26) on 26 Feb 2016

There are sections in Selma that I treasure…

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 25 Feb 2016

Taken as a whole, it's a deeply affecting, incendiary film and the most focused, accomplished biopic in a year of numerous offerings…

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By Jonathan Kiefer (305) for SF Weekly (560) on 02 Jan 2016

Ultimately, what makes DuVernay's movie so good and necessary is that it actually lets us see the arc of the moral universe bending -- being…

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By Robert Horton (590) for Seattle Weekly (293) on 12 Dec 2015

The feeling that the victories of 1965 can be viewed through our 2015 eyes as unfulfilled promises gives Selma its present-day juice…

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By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

The result is a compellingly flesh-and-blood depiction of King; an absorbingly sophisticated account of his brand of non-violent activism…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 19 Nov 2015

Director Ava DuVernay has given us Selma, a docudrama about a pivotal campaign in the fight for civil rights for black Americans…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 05 Nov 2015

Selma is an interesting and engaging glimpse of the civil rights movement at one of its most powerful moments…

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By Kristian M. Lin (336) for Fort Worth Weekly (325) on 10 Aug 2015

This rousing, passionate civil rights drama is exquisitely timed, a quality that's just as important and elusive as greatness…

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By Wesley Lovell (690) for Cinema Sight (678) on 10 May 2015

A powerful examination of one of the key moments of the Civil Rights movement and the man who sacrificed made it possible…

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By Paul Chambers (522) for Movie Chambers (386) on 09 May 2015

A treasure trove of outstanding performances, brilliant writing and heartfelt direction…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 05 May 2015

The breadth of the film's scope is impressive, as it manages to sketch in the enormity and diversity of the movement without being spread too thin…

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By Jon Espino (144) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 02 May 2015

With inspired performances and an even more inspiring story, this film is more than just a fantastic biopic about a great man; it is also a…

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By Mary Clare Waireri (12) for Fan The Fire (489) on 08 Apr 2015

Selma achieves the rare accolade of being a powerful period piece with stark contemporary resonance…

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By Rebecca Cusey (105) for The Federalist (27) on 29 Mar 2015

Do not believe anyone trying to make Selma a factional thing, a liberal or conservative, black, white, or hashtag movie…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 07 Mar 2015

As emotionally and racially charged as the film's story is, director Ava DuVernay is determined to deliver a full-bodied, balanced drama that…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 28 Feb 2015

This electrifying film puts the tension, the fear, the courage, and the tragedy in perspective, and dramatizes it through the struggles of…

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