Selma (2014)

Selma is from the straight forward, inspirational, one man can change the world, suitable for a high school history class school of filmmaking, and it works. It's a little surprising that a mainstream theatrical film about the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches had not been made before, but if this story was waiting for the right man to play Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it found him in the British born David Oyelowo, who respectfully humanizes the legend. The film has a strong supporting cast as well, and takes time to fill its audience in on a few of the lesser known elements and side stories related this famed civil rights milestone. Every once in a while, if done right, a film of this safe inspirational type can be a grand thing. ****