[jwplatform trlV3MEM]Selma is a highly anticipated American drama directed by Ava DuVernay. The film is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel,[1][2] Hosea Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. of SCLC and John Lewis. The film stars David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon Johnson, rapper Common as Bevel, and Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King.