Selma

One dream can change the world.

"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.

History Drama

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))