A
highlight from Amy Goodman’s interview with “Selma” director Ava DuVernay. Watch
the full Democracy Now! interview: http://owl.li/JpuSg
"Selma” tells the
story of the campaign led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to draw the nation’s
attention to the struggle for equal voting rights by marching from Selma to
Montgomery, Alabama, in March of 1965. While the film has been nominated for an
Oscar for best picture, to the shock of many, DuVernay was not nominated. She
would have made history as the first African-American woman nominated for best
director. At the Sundance Film Festival, DuVernay joins us to discuss the making
of the film and the Academy Award nominations. "The question is why was 'Selma'
the only film that was in the running with people of color for the award?" she
asks.
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