Oprah Winfrey Hosts SELMA and The Legends Who Paved The Way Special Screening and Gala

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Published on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 12:11
Written by Paramount Pictures PR

In attendance were director Ava DuVernay and SELMA cast including David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Common, Giovanni Ribisi, Martin Sheen, Tessa Thompson, Niecy Nash, Lorraine Toussaint, Omar Dorsey, Andre Holland, Henry Sanders, Wendell Pierce, Jeremy Strong, Andre Holland, Stephen Root, Corey Reynolds, Colman Domingo, Keith Stanfield, Trai Byers, producers Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.

This year's honorees included Ambassador Andrew Young, Berry Gordy, Dr. C.T. Vivian, Diane Nash, Dick Gregory, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., Congressman John Lewis, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Juanita Jones Abernathy, Julian Bond, Marian Wright Edelman, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Quincy Jones and Sidney Poitier.

SELMA Opens In Select Theaters December 25, 2014In All Theaters January 9, 2015


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.

Starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, with Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey as "Annie Lee Cooper."

Directed by Ava DuVernay, Written by Paul Webb, Produced by Christian Colson,  Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey. Executive Producers Cameron McCracken, Nik Bower, Diarmuid McKeown, Ava DuVernay, Paul Garnes, Nan Morales.


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Image Courtesy of Paramount Pictures: From L to R: Common, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Ava DuVernay, Carmen Ejogo at Selma and the Legends Who Paved the Way special screening and gala in Santa Barbara, CA on Saturday, December 6, 2014. Photo Credit: George Burns

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