Selma
2014movie
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Paramount+Historians have disputed “Selma’s” portrayal of this relationship, arguing that LBJ wasn’t quite as big of an asshole as the film made him seem. Most commentators argue, based on a recorded phone call between the two, that Johnson actually worked with King to bring about the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and that their relationship was relatively amicable.
No film seems quite as relevant or crucial in regard to today’s battle for equality as “Selma,” the biopic that traces the struggles of Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow activists in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to secure tangible voting rights for black people. With an overwhelming appeal to emotion, “Selma,” directed by Ava...
