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David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay SELMA celebrated its New York Premiere last night, presented by Paramount Pictures, Delta Air Lines, Tina Brown Live Media, and Credit Suisse, at the Ziegfeld Theater, where stars David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey (also a Producer on the film), Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Roth, Common, […]

Common, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Ava DuVernay, and Carmen Ejogo A special screening was held Saturday night in Santa Barbara, Ca celebrating the movie Selma and honoring the Legends who paved the way. Special guests included Oprah Winfrey, Director Ava DuVernay and Selma cast including David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Common, Giovanni Ribisi, Tessa Thompson, Niecy […]

SELMA is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act […]

The upcoming film SELMA had a special screening yesterday at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco followed by a Q&A where Director/Executive Producer, Ava DuVernay, Producers Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, and Actor David Oyelowo (who plays Martin Luther King) participated. SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films, is in select […]