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Selma Cover Image DVD DVD

Selma [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures, Pathé and Harpo Films present ; a Plan B/Cloud Eight Films/Harpo Films produciton in association with Ingenious Media ; produced by Plan B and Harpo Films ; director, Ava Duvernay.

Summary:

Selma chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.

Record details

  • ISBN: 032429212108
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (128 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: Los Angeles, CA : Paramount, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:
David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni Ribisi, Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Described video for the visually impaired.
English or French dialogue; Spanish, English or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Fiction.
Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.) > Fiction.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > Fiction.
African Americans > Politics and government > Fiction.
Civil rights demonstrations > United States > Fiction.
Civil rights movements > United States > Fiction.
Civil rights > Alabama > Selma > Fiction.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Race discrimination > United States > Fiction.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Voter registration > Alabama > History > Fiction.
Selma (Ala.) > Race relations > History > Fiction.
United States > Race relations > History > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Innisfil Public Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Stroud Branch. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Stroud Branch DVD Selma 31681002430841 DVD Available -
Lakeshore Branch DVD Selma 31681002462364 DVD Available -


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