Selma

Selma overall is a very extravagant movie in which captures a great amount of historical content. It begins with Martin Luther King Jr. receiving his Nobel Peace Prize for all of his unending efforts against racial prejudice. King had come a far way but knew that it was not over. Though he had ended segregation in the South, blacks still lacked in receiving all of there constitutional rights, such as their privilege to vote.

I personally believed the film to be very historically emotional. It brought me back into the 1960's and enlightened me on how truly brutal this time period was for those who were black. Merely seen as something other than a human being, as if much less, such as an animal with no right to have a say in society.  

I went into watching this film knowing the bare minimum of these events. I knew of the injustice brought upon the blacks but never took the time to draw a mental image of what it was like. This film truly allowed me to empathize the brutality in which these poor men, women, and even children had gone through.

The one thing that sticks out the most and teaches us all a lesson that this was a non-violent movement. The blacks did nothing by force but yet received the opposite from others. Martin Luther King Jr. along with the black community as a whole, continued with endless negotiations, demonstrations, and resistance, which eventually payed off as it paved the way to the ability to vote. Though it is heartbreaking viewing the countless protests that brought much death and bloodshed, it proves to us viewers through example that through uniformity, anything just can be brought to the eyes of others. Selma, through the great research and acting expertise brought us this nearly flawless, powerful, and historical drama.