Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)

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In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery.

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Cast and Crew:

Director(s):

Charles Burnett

Writer(s):

Rachel West Nelson, Frank Sikora, Sheyann Webb (book); Cynthia Whitcomb

Starring:

Mackenzie Astin, Jurnee Smollett, Clifton Powell, Ella Joyce, Yolanda King, Elizabeth Omilami, Afemo Omilami, Brett Rice, Tom Nowicki, Margo Moorer, Von Coulter, Laura-Shay Griffin, Danny Nelson, Faruq Tauheed, Stephanie Zandra Peyton, Zachary Rogers, L. Warren Young, Bob Banks, Brian Beegle, Whitt Brantley, Gerald Brown, George Faughnan, Leland L. Jones, Patty Mack, James Mayberry, Richard Reed, Tom Turbiville, Alex Van, James Van Harper, Teena Flowers, Rodney L. James, Kyle Massey, Faye Yvette McQueen, Sharyn Shields, Clay Cranford, Patrice Jackson, Stephen Rollins, Shayne Tingle, Wade Woods

Producer(s):

Moctesuma Esparza, Julian Fowles, Robert Katz, Christopher Seitz

Release Info:

Release Date: January 17, 1999 (USA) | Length: 94 min | Genre: Drama | Certificate: TV-G | Note(s): This movie is based on the memoir "Selma, Lord, Selma: Girlhood Memories of the Civil Rights Days" by Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson, as told to Frank Sikora, first published in 1980. I wasn't able to identify Teena Flowers.

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