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Selma, Lord, Selma

  • Episode aired Jan 17, 1999
  • TV-G
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
AdventureComedyDrama

In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she... Read allIn 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery.In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery.

  • Director
    • Charles Burnett
  • Writers
    • Rachel West Nelson
    • Frank Sikora
    • Sheyann Webb
  • Stars
    • Mackenzie Astin
    • Jurnee Smollett
    • Clifton Powell
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    578
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charles Burnett
    • Writers
      • Rachel West Nelson
      • Frank Sikora
      • Sheyann Webb
    • Stars
      • Mackenzie Astin
      • Jurnee Smollett
      • Clifton Powell
    • 11User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

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    directed by Charles Burnett
    Ella Joyce in Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)

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    Mackenzie Astin
    Mackenzie Astin
    • Jonathan Daniels
    Jurnee Smollett
    Jurnee Smollett
    • Sheyann Webb
    Clifton Powell
    Clifton Powell
    • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Ella Joyce
    Ella Joyce
    • Betty Webb
    Yolanda King
    • Miss Bright
    Elizabeth Omilami
    Elizabeth Omilami
    • Amelia Boynton
    Afemo Omilami
    Afemo Omilami
    • John Webb
    Brett Rice
    Brett Rice
    • Sheriff Pots
    Tom Nowicki
    Tom Nowicki
    Margo Moorer
    Margo Moorer
    • Alice West
    Von Coulter
    • Tom West
    Laura-Shay Griffin
    • Sallie Parker
    Danny Nelson
    • Father Whitaker
    Faruq Tauheed
    Faruq Tauheed
    • Willie
    • (as Faruq Jenkins)
    Stephanie Zandra Peyton
    • Rachel West
    Zachary Rogers
    • Jimmie Lee Jackson
    • (as Zach Rogers)
    L. Warren Young
    L. Warren Young
    • Hosea Williams
    Bob Banks
    Bob Banks
    • Reverend Reese
    • Director
      • Charles Burnett
    • Writers
      • Rachel West Nelson
      • Frank Sikora
      • Sheyann Webb
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    • Trivia
      This movie is based on the memoir "Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days" by Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson, as told to Frank Sikora, first published in 1980.
    • Goofs
      In the beginning of the movie, Johnathan Daniels first comes to Selma, he meets Father Whitaker. Father Whitaker is an Episcopal priest, as is Johnathan. Yet throughout the movie, Daniels is referred to as "Reverend Daniels," or a pastor or minister.

      Some may perceive this to be inaccurate and assert that all Episcopal priests are referred to as "Father," not "Reverend."

      However, it is quite common for Episcopal priests to be referred to other than "Father." Some Episcopal priests, being of a more "low-church" persuasion do not wish their parishioners call them "Father". In some cases, e.g. small towns in the South, they are simply called "Preacher."
    • Quotes

      Martin Luther King, Jr.: You may have the law on your side but we have morality on ours and one day you're going to have to accept that.

    User reviews11

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    I loved Killer of Sheep, but I don't know about this one
    The director's first film Killer of Sheep was amazing. This film I don't know where I stand exactly. It seems to be a bit overly sentimental. I suspect you don't get that much freedom working for Disney and sometimes the more "you're supposed to feel this way" moments actually got pushed so far that they took on a bit of irony and maybe recovered some of their honesty. Maybe their flamboyance was the alienation technique to make you step back and think about what's going on. The music was what drew my attention to this idea. The first time you meet the racist cop the music is kind of silly to a point of seeming self aware. And the really unsubtle and unnatural way Burnett constantly works the word "freedom" into the film. Maybe I'm excusing bad film-making. I don't know.

    It wasn't horrible. There was some style. It seemed like a lot of text though, nothing really with any kind of new life. I don't know how I feel about the characters either. I felt like the characters kind of floated through the narrative in a way that didn't let you really get to know them or understand their story. And I kind of hated the white minister, he just came off bossy rather than a person conductive to change (I would have been thinking some one more like Henry Fonda in 12 Angry Men rather than the priest in On The Waterfront (who I also hate :)) maybe that's not who he was but I doubt very much the never-do-wrong guy that made it to the screen wasn't exactly a historical figure either. And were there no poor, African people that maybe took exception to being told to risk their livelihood for civil rights by the moral edict of a caucasian preacher? It seems like maybe there was some missing tension. But maybe that's how it was.

    But anyway, a mediocre film by Burnett is still a pretty good film in some ways.

    I like how he represented Dr. King. Maybe it wasn't warts and all, but right from the beginning he was a human being. There was no image of worship or him being on a higher plane. He was a man with a struggle and that was more or less it (as much as I suspect the other cooks spoiling the soup would allow).

    And it was also a very effecting movie. I'm not a nationalistic person but the image of African people marching for their civil rights holding American flags was very beautiful.

    It wasn't a failure but maybe it could have been better, especially considering the director involved.
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    • Release date
      • January 17, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Accadde a Selma
    • Filming locations
      • Griffin, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Esparza / Katz Productions
      • Walt Disney Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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