---
title: 'Selma (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ava DuVernay'
released: '2014-12-25'
runtime_minutes: 127
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/selma-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Selma (2014)

2014 · 127 min · Drama, History · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

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 and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis. The film stars David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, Common as James Bevel, with Giovanni Ribisi as Lee C. White, Alessandro Nivola as John Doar, Cuba Gooding Jr. as Fred Gray and Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Oprah Winfrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/oprah-winfrey), [Christian Colson](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-colson), [Dede Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/dede-gardner), [Jeremy Kleiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-kleiner)
- **Director:** [Ava DuVernay](https://cinepixo.com/people/ava-duvernay)
- **Screenplay:** [Paul Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-webb)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jason Moran](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-moran)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bradford Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/bradford-young)
- **Editor:** [Spencer Averick](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-averick)

## Cast

- [Cuba Gooding Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/cuba-gooding-jr) as Fred Gray
- [Lorraine Toussaint](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorraine-toussaint) as Amelia Boynton Robinson
- [LaKeith Stanfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/lakeith-stanfield) as Jimmie Lee Jackson
- [Giovanni Ribisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-ribisi) as Lee C. White
- [Alessandro Nivola](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-nivola) as John Doar
- [Dylan Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/dylan-baker) as J. Edgar Hoover
- [Nigél Thatch](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-thatch) as Malcolm X
- [Oprah Winfrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/oprah-winfrey) as Annie Lee Cooper
- [Niecy Nash](https://cinepixo.com/people/niecy-nash) as Richie Jean Jackson
- [Henry G. Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-g-sanders) as Cager Lee
- [Tom Wilkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-wilkinson) as Lyndon B. Johnson
- [Stephen Root](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-root) as Albert J. Lingo
- [Common](https://cinepixo.com/people/common) as James Bevel
- [Tony Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-bennett)
- [Trai Byers](https://cinepixo.com/people/trai-byers) as James Forman

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