Selma: Crash Course Film Criticism #3
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Thanks to Curiosity Stream for supporting Crash Course. In 1965, a brave and dedicated group of people were a part of one of the greatest non-violent Civil Rights demonstrations in U.S. history. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol of Montgomery was a turning point in the fight for voting rights. The march’s organizers endured insults, threats, physical violence, self-doubt, internal division, and even death in the struggle to guarantee access to the ballot box. It took almost 60 years to bring that story to the screen. And when Selma finally arrived in 2014, it was greeted with cheers and awards… along with complaints and questions about its historical accuracy. As film critics, our job is to apply diffe...
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Thanks to Curiosity Stream for supporting Crash Course. In 1965, a brave and dedicated group of people were a part of one of the greatest non-violent Civil Rights demonstrations in U.S. history. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the march from Selma, Alabama to the state capitol of Montgomery was a turning point in the fight for voting rights. The march’s organizers endured insults, threats, physical violence, self-doubt, internal division, and even death in the struggle to guarantee access to the ballot box. It took almost 60 years to bring that story to the screen. And when Selma finally arrived in 2014, it was greeted with cheers and awards… along with complaints and questions about its historical accuracy. As film critics, our job is to apply diffe...
