
Plot
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
Trailer
Cast

David Oyelowo
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Carmen Ejogo
Coretta Scott King

Tom Wilkinson
President Lyndon B. Johnson

Giovanni Ribisi
Lee White

Tim Roth
Gov. George Wallace

André Holland
Andrew Young

Colman Domingo
Ralph Abernathy

Common
James Bevel

Stephan James
John Lewis

Omar J. Dorsey
James Orange

LaKeith Stanfield
Jimmie Lee Jackson

Oprah Winfrey
Annie Lee Cooper

Tessa Thompson
Diane Nash

Cuba Gooding Jr.
Fred Gray

Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Bayard Rustin

Kent Faulcon
Sullivan Jackson

Lorraine Toussaint
Amelia Boynton

Alessandro Nivola
John Doar

David Dwyer
Chief Wilson Baker

E. Roger Mitchell
Frederick Reese

Dylan Baker
J. Edgar Hoover

Ledisi
Mahalia Jackson

Niecy Nash-Betts
Richie Jean Jackson

Corey Reynolds
Rev. C.T. Vivian

Wendell Pierce
Rev. Hosea Williams

Charity Jordan
Viola Lee Jackson

Nigel Thatch
Malcolm X

Trai Byers
James Forman

Stan Houston
Sheriff Jim Clark

Jeremy Strong
James Reeb

Tara Ochs
Viola Liuzzo

Stephen Root
Col. Al Lingo

Greg Maness
Aide

Haviland Stillwell
President's Secretary

Charles Black
Elder Marcher

Jody Thompson
White Marcher

Henry G. Sanders
Cager Lee

Montrel Miller
Young Marcher

Jim France
Gunnar Jahn

Michael Papajohn
Major Cloud

John Lavelle
Roy Reed

Stormy Merriwether
Jackson's Daughter

Martin Sheen
Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Belafonte
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Bennett
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)