Civil Rights on Film - Selma Assembly
Martin Luther King Day, 18 Jan
This interactive assembly resource uses stimulus from the film Selma as a way to explore the Civil Rights Movement.
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Tue 19 Jun 2018
10:00 - 12:30
The Barn Cinema,
Dartington Hall
Dartington,
Totnes,
TQ9 6DE
FREE
11+
WHAT: Into Film, in partnership with the beautiful Barn Cinema in Totnes, is delighted to invite you to a special screening of the incredible Selma. The screening, which has been programmed by young people for young people, will be introduced by the students of South Devon College.
WHEN: Tuesday 19 June, 10am – 12.30pm
WHERE: The Barn Cinema, Dartington Hall, Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6DE
Duration: 123 mins, (plus a short introduction before the screening)
Certificate: 12
Language: English
We look forward to seeing you at the screening!
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Selma
Martin Luther King is well known as one of America's greatest advocates of civil rights for black Americans and this absorbing drama focuses on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches and the events leading up to this historic moment in American history. After accepting his Nobel Peace Prize, four black girls in Alabama are killed by a bomb set by the Ku Klux Klan, setting off a chain of events that lead to a rising up of black Americans against racial injustice. As Dr King readies himself to lead the forthcoming rallies, he must deal with the US government as well as his own weakness and doubts. Complex and moving, this is a film which explores, in depth, the intricacies of leadership and the wider civil rights movement in America.
You can watch the Inside Cinema profile of Ava DuVernay here on Into Film+
Contains moderate violence, racist language, infrequent strong language
Ava DuVernay
2014
USA
English
123 minutes