How Does The Movie Selma Relate To The Civil Rights Movement

Segregation is a strong word to say; it means the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things or being set apart. When one thinks of the word segregation in America, one thinks of slavery and the hatred of the blacks from the whites. The movie Selma indicates this segregation, but also gives an uplifting and electrifying attitude to the bravery of the African Americans in which who never gave up hope and who had a dream that one day everyone will be equal. This time was when African Americans could vote, but could not register to vote because of the racism. The city named Selma, Alabama became the focal point for the fight to vote in 1965. By overcoming the violence and racism in this state, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led his friends and followers on a march from Selma to Montgomery. This march created a huge impact on the rest of the country and President Lyndon B. Johnson which who ended up signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Since the movie Selma precisely portrays the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, it demonstrates an inspiring tone toward the

Jerome Christensen says in Reed’s article, “Selma is not education, it’s mobilization—it’s a movie that wants to move you. Its aim is not accuracy, but to be tragically and poignantly clever.” Ava DuVernay does not really focus on the portrayal of accuracy, but focuses on trying to inspire and move people which is the tone of the movie. The only part that does not accurately portray real life is the Lyndon B. Johnson role. Reed tells, “DuVernay and others have responded to complaints about the film’s historical accuracy, particularly in its portrayal of Lyndon Johnson, with invocations of artistic license and assertions that the film is not intended as historical scholarship.” The Lyndon Johnson role was the only role that had complaints, other than that the movie was historically