The Trailer and Poster for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Biopic Selma

By Silas Lesnick

The trailer for director Ava DuVernay’s biopic of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Selma, is now online. Check it out in the player below, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies. You can also view the film’s new poster in the gallery viewer at the bottom of this page.

Starring David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alessandro Nivola, Giovanni Ribisi Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, Tim Roth and Oprah Winfrey, 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. 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 hits theaters on December 25 in a limited release, expanding January 9, 2015.



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    David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-00305

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    David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-00322

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    Tessa Thompson plays Diane Nash in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-01089R

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    Left to right, foreground: Colman Domingo plays Ralph Abernathy, David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., André Holland plays Andrew Young, and Stephan James plays John Lewis in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-02293

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    Director/Executive Producer Ava DuVernay (center) on the set of SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Tessa Thompson (center left) plays Diane Nash and Common (center) plays James Bevel in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Oprah Winfrey (center) plays Annie Lee Cooper in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Left to right: David Oyelowo (as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) with Director/Executive Producer Ava DuVernay and Producer Oprah Winfrey (who also plays Annie Lee Cooper) on the set of SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-04095R

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    Left to right: Cuba Gooding Jr. plays Fred Gray with Martin Sheen in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-04791

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    Left to right: Tessa Thompson plays Diane Nash and Carmen Ejogo plays Coretta Scott King in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Left to right: Common plays James Bevel, Tessa Thompson plays Diane Nash, Lorraine Toussaint plays Amelia Boynton, André Holland plays Andrew Young, and Wendell Pierce plays Rev. Hosea Williams in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-05500R

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    Left to right: Stephan James plays John Lewis, Trai Byers plays James Foreman, Wendell Pierce plays Rev. Hosea Williams, and David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-05816

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    Wendell Pierce (far left) plays Rev. Hosea Williams in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-06017

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    David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Foreground: David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Director/Executive Producer Ava DuVernay (center) on the set of SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-09411

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    Left to right: Carmen Ejogo plays Coretta Scott King and Lorraine Toussaint plays Amelia Boynton in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-09587Rv2

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    Common plays James Bevel in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-09774

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    Left to right: Director/Executive Producer Ava DuVernay discusses a scene with Carmen Ejogo (as Coretta Scott King) on the set of SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-10001

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    Niecy Nash plays Richie Jean Jackson in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-10496R

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    Left to right: Director/Executive Producer Ava DuVernay discusses a scene with David Oyelowo (as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) on the set of SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-10837

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    Tim Roth (center) plays Gov. George Wallace in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-11615

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    Giovanni Ribisi plays Lee White in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-13236

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    Left to right: Tom Wilkinson plays President Lyndon B. Johnson and David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-13350

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    Left to right: Giovanni Ribisi plays Lee White and Tom Wilkinson plays President Lyndon B. Johnson in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-13592

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    Left to right: David Oyelowo (as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) discusses a scene with Director/Executive Producer Ava DuVernay on the set of SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Marchers cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-14596

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    Wendell Pierce plays Rev. Hosea Williams in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-14768

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    Left to right: Tessa Thompson plays Diane Nash, Corey Reynolds plays Rev. C.T. Vivian, David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Colman Domingo plays Ralph Abernathy in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Left to right, foreground: Trai Byers plays James Foreman, Stephan James plays John Lewis, Wendell Pierce plays Rev. Hosea Williams, David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Colman Domingo plays Ralph Abernathy in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-15310

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    Lorraine Toussaint (center) plays Amelia Boynton in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-15709R

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    Wendell Pierce (far left) plays Rev. Hosea Williams and Stephan James (second from left) plays John Lewis in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-15871

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    Left to right: André Holland plays Andrew Young, David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Colman Domingo plays Ralph Abernathy in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Center left to right: David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Carmen Ejogo plays Coretta Scott King in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.

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    Left to right: André Holland plays Andrew Young, Colman Domingo plays Ralph Abernathy, David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Omar Dorsey plays James Orange in SELMA, from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films.SEL-17904

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