Project Detail

Selma

Synopsis

A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights for African Americans – a dangerous and terrifying three-month campaign that culminated in the epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Berlin International Film Festival 2015 - International premiere

Details

Year: 2014
Type of project: Features
Running time: 128 mins
Director: Ava DuVernay
Producer: Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey
Executive Producer: Brad Pitt, Diarmuid McKeown, Ava DuVernay, Cameron McCracken, Nik Bower, Paul Garnes, Nan Morales
Editor: Spencer Averick
Screenwriter: Paul Webb
Director of Photography: Bradford Young
Production Designer: Mark Friedberg
Sound: Willie D. Burton
Principal cast: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey

Genre

Human Rights Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US coproduction

Cloud Eight Films, Celador Films, Harpo Films (US), Pathé, Plan B Entertainment (US)

Cloud Eight Films

Green Park House
15 Stratton Street
London
W1J 8LQ

+44 (0)203 036 0081

Celador Films

39 Long Acre
London WC2E 9LG

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Sales Company

Pathé International (Fr)

2, rue Lamennais
75008 Paris
FRANCE

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