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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

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Selma Trailer – David Oyelowo takes on a key moment in MLK’s civil rights struggle

November 7, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

selma-pic2You wouldn’t think making a movie about one of the most important moments in the Civil Rights struggle in the US would be that difficult to get off the ground, but Selma faced a massive struggle. Even with Lee Daniels directing and a high profile cast attached (including Hugh Jackman and others), it couldn’t get funding).

However now it’s finally happened, with Ava DuVernay directing and David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, Tim Roth, and Oprah Winfrey starring.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘SELMA is the story of a movement. The film 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. Director Ava DuVernay’s SELMA tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.’

Selma opens in a few US cinemas on December 25th, 2014, and will go wide in early January. A February 6th UK release is planned. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding Jr.  FILMS: Selma  

First Images Of David Oyelowo As Martin Luther King Jr. In Selma Released

August 25, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

selma-pic1Hollywood likes to think of itself as very liberal, but while it likes to nibble around the edges of race relations in the US, any film that wants to tackle important aspects of the Civil Rights struggle faces a massive uphill battle to get funding.

That’s certainly true of Selma, which tells the story of one of the key moments in the fight for racial equality in America. Before making it to the screen it had massive problems getting cash, even when director Lee Daniels came onboard and lined up a star-filled cast .

In the end that version fell through and Daniels moved on, but thankfully it came back together under the direction of Ava DuVernay. Now the first images from the movie have been released, which you can see above and below.

The film focuses on the three marches that took place in Selma, Alabama in 1965. The first march planned to go from Selma to the State Capital, Montgomery, but was stopped after only six blocks by police and state troopers after Governor Wallace decided it was a threat to public safety (Wallace hated anything pro-desegregation and was one of the most powerful, vitriolic and visible forces against the civil rights movement). Protesters were them clubbed, gassed and whipped, with the TV footage of the violence shocking the US and galvanising support for civil rights.

A second, symbolic march took place two days later, led by Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo), which only went as far as the bridge where the previous protesters were stopped, because a court injunction prevented them going all the way to Montgomery. A week later the injunction was lifted and a third march set out, this time making it all the way to the state capital.

It was these marches and the public horror at the beatings of demonstrators that spurred Congress to start drafting laws that ended up with the Voting Rights Act, which for the first time explicitly gave African-Americans the right to vote.

In the pic above Oyelowo is joined by Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, while the image below features Tessa Thompson as Diane Nash, Omar Dorsey as James Orange, Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy, Oyelowo as King, André Holland as Andrew Young, Corey Reynolds as Rev. C.T. Vivian, and Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia Boynton.

An Oscar-bait Christmas US release in planned, with the film reaching the UK February 2015.

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ACTORS: David Oyelowo, Carmen Egojo  FILMS: Selma  

Tim Roth Joins The Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic Selma

June 4, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

tim-rothAfter numerous delays due to a lack of funding, the Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, Selma, is finally moving forward. Tim Roth has now signed on to join the growing cast, according to Deadline, playing Alabama governor George Wallace.

The film focuses on the three marches that took place in Selma, Alabama in 1965. The first march planned to go from Selma to the State Capital, Montgomery, but was stopped after only six blocks by police and state troopers after Governor Wallace decided it was a threat to public safety (Wallace hated anything pro-desegregation and was one of the most powerful, vitriolic and visible forces against the civil rights movement). Protesters were them clubbed, gassed and whipped, with the TV footage of the violence shocking the US and galvanising support for civil rights.

A second, symbolic march took place two days later, led by Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo), which only went as far as the bridge where the previous protesters were stopped, because a court injuction prevented them going all the way to Montgomery. A week later the injuction was lifted and a third march set out, this time making it all the way to the state capital.

It was these marches and the public horror at the beatings of demonstrators that spurred Congress to start drafting laws that ended up with the Voting Rights Act, which for the first time explicitly gave African-Americans the right to vote.

Tom Wilkinson. Carmen Ejogo, Andre Holland, Omar J. Dorsey, Tessa Thompson and Colman Domingo are also set to star.

While Lee Daniels was previously set to direct, he left after being unable to get it off the ground. Ava DuVernay is now helming directing from a script she co-wrote with Paul Webb. The likes of Brad Pitt and Oprah Winfrey will produce.

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ACTORS: Tim Roth, David Oyelowo  FILMS: Selma  

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