Review of Selma

I watched this in a promo screening at my theater and the diversity of the people watching it next to each other was amazing. I think Martin Luther King Jr. made it possible to be able to do that and he would have been proud to see such a thing if he were still around. This was such a powerful movie. It's inspiring and intense. There are several moments where I found myself shaking my head in disgust at the ways people were treated back in the 60s. It reminded me a lot of the recent Ferguson nonsense. Some moments were so heart pounding and emotional I found myself on the verge of tears several times. David Oyelowo was amazing as MLK Jr. In fact the whole cast did an excellent job. There are also a lot of political points made in this that still pertain to the way our life in America is. I highly recommend checking this out when it's officially released.