That “Selma” reign just won’t let up! In celebration of the DVD release of Ava DuVernay’s inspirational and Academy Award-winning epic film “Selma,” Paramount Home…
In celebration of the home entertainment debut of director Ava DuVernay’s inspirational and Academy Award-winning epic “Selma,” Paramount Home Media Distribution announced today that every high school in the U.S., both public and private, will receive a copy of the DVD free of charge. In addition, teachers can receive free companion study guides to help […]
One of the great things about most films is that when they come out on home video, it’s not unheard of for the release to contain deleted scenes. That’s the situation with Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” and actor/rapper Common in particular. There’s one super intense scene between Common and David Oyelowo. In the midst of deadly […]
About 20 members of the Ku Klux Klan arrived in downtown Montgomery, Alabama Wednesday to meet demonstrators commemorating the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma…
Paramount really wants people to see Selma. The studio announced Wednesday that director Ava DuVernay’s film about the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery is getting another push in theaters, only this time there’s a two-for-one ticket offer at participating venues. Selma will play in 702 theaters on Friday in honor of the 50th […]
Source: Heather Kennedy/Getty Images / Getty Selma director Ava DuVernay delivered a keynote speech at the 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival, where she discussed her Oscar…
Source: Heather Kennedy/Getty Images / Getty Selma director Ava DuVernay delivered a keynote speech at the 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival, where she discussed her Oscar…
A Ku Klux Klan leader tells AL.com that the hate group distributed about 4,000 fliers across Selma and Montgomery over two weeks in an effort…
Fifty years ago, several hundred peaceful protesters marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery to underscore the need for Black voting…
50 years ago this week, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a host of others, including Congressman John Lewis then a young civil rights activist, led a march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama, the state capital, in a quest for voting rights. The group of marchers was stopped at the Edmund Pettus bridge […]
Jacque Reid talks to Congresswoman Terri Sewell about the 50th celebration of Bloody Sunday in Selma, AL. “As a daughter of Selma, we are so excited to welcome the world to Selma. It’s an opp to celebrate how far we’ve come. My hope is that people will come away with new ideas. I’m very hopeful. […]
This weekend, Selma, Alabama celebrates its significant place in history with the Selma 50 celebration. 50 years ago this weekend, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Rev. James Bevel, John Lewis, Amelia Boynton Robinson and other activists set out from Selma to Montgomery to promote voting rights. They were met by a show of force at […]
