SELMA
By Stephen Farber
The civil rights movement has of course been treated in books, documentaries, and television films, but surprisingly few feature films have plumbed this rich history. The battle for equality spearheaded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been touched on indirectly in such films as The Long Walk Home, Mississippi Burning, and Lee Daniels’ The Butler. Now Ava DuVernay’s Selma, as the title suggests, tackles the subject head-on—and, more importantly, does it justice. …
