Selma Movie Review

Selma was an amazing movie that accurately showed the documentation of the steps of dedication that the African Americans had to take in able to officially get their what was already supposed to be given to them, right to vote. This movie captured all the emotions that the African Americans had to face and suffer through while dealing with racist actions done towards them. The film mainly focused on Martin Luther King Jr. and his major role he played in the civil rights movement. 

I found this film to be very interesting and enjoyable to watch. I liked how instead of a normal and usually boring documentation of an event, this film included the emotional side and story of the whole process. I specifically like how it showed the emotional toll that King's family took during the movement, how it showed the wife's supporting and scared for his safety side. Most of all I liked how it showed what it took for Martin Luther King to be what great leader he was. Not only did he have to fight through the hate that he came upon but also had to show others how to be strong and not fight back against the violence of the Whites. I liked how it truly showed just how strong of a man King was along with all the others that stood strong behind him.

My prior knowledge of the movement was what I was taught in high school, which might have been different than what others were taught. My teacher showed our class only the political side of the movement, sadly the teacher also put in a little racism and talked to us like she thought that the African Americans were acting out in an almost "over dramatic way. I am very glad that I watched this video for it opened my eyes to more than the political aspect of the movement. It helped give me a better understanding of the way the African Americans had to be so careful about every action they took in fear of a White not liking it and acting out of hate towards them. It was a tragic ending and the people who died, died fighting and for a good cause. They were truly angels that helped changed America into the better country it is today. Without them, without Martin Luther King, African Americans could possibly not be where they are today.