{"id":69568,"date":"2014-08-14T14:37:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T14:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2014\/08\/14\/first-pics-from-ava-duvernays-mlk-biopic-selma\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:59:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:59:38","slug":"first-pics-from-ava-duvernays-mlk-biopic-selma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/first-pics-from-ava-duvernays-mlk-biopic-selma\/","title":{"rendered":"First Pics From Ava DuVernay&#8217;s MLK Biopic &#8216;Selma&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>First Pics From Ava DuVernay&#8217;s MLK Biopic &#8216;Selma&#8217;<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>August 14, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/thefilmstage.com\/news\/first-image-from-inherent-vice-and-new-stills-from-interstellar-selma-more\/\">thefilmstage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Selma-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-56185\" alt=\"Selma 1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 248 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Selma-1-248x300.jpg\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Here are the\u00a0first images from\u00a0the<strong> MLK biopic &#8216;Selma<\/strong>,&#8217; which will be shown in the upcoming Fall Preview from Entertainment Weekly.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Ava DuVernay<\/strong> (\u201cMIDDLE OF NOWHERE\u201d), \u201c<strong>SELMA<\/strong>\u201d will have a limited release in the U.S. on Christmas day and will open wide on January 9, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSELMA\u201d is the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s historic struggle to secure voting rights for all people \u2013 a dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated with the epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and led to President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 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