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Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches which were initiated and directed by James Bevel [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and led by Martin Luther King Jr. , Hosea Williams , and John Lewis .
Ava Marie DuVernay (/ ˌ dj uː v ər ˈ n eɪ /; [1] born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is a recipient of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award, and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee for an Academy Award and Golden Globe.
Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay, and produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christian Colson, and Oprah Winfrey. The screenplay was written by Paul Webb . The film follows the events leading up to and during the Selma to Montgomery marches , and the resulting establishment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which ...
The schedule also includes a 10th-anniversary screening of “Selma,” with special appearances by director Ava DuVernay, lead actor David Oyelowo and other key cast members.
On the Golden Globes side, nominations for best director of a motion picture has included DuVernay (2015), Lee (1990 and 2019), Barry Jenkins (2017) and Regina King (2021), but none of them won.
DuVernay is the Oscar-nominated director of “Selma” and “A Wrinkle in Time.” She also directed the Netflix mini-series “When They See Us,” as well as the documentary “13th.”
He is best known for his work on the 2014 film Selma, which was nominated for the 2015 Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Song [1] and won a 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. [2] In 2012, his film Middle of Nowhere, directed by Ava DuVernay, won the 2013 Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. [3]
In opting to center Wilkerson, portrayed by Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and her process of writing and researching the book, the “Selma” director ties the author’s intellectual ...