Selma, Lord, Selma

That's right. The Scene of Bloody Sunday happend just like that and it was a horrible sight to even think people in the past did such a thing, but it still happend and this movie shows the brutal reality. 5.3 out of 10 is not enough of this movie. See for yourself and the brutal reality of bloody sunday.

I LOVE THOS MOVIS AS A CHILD THEY NEED TO BRING IT BACK TO DISNEY CHANNEL THE ACTING WAS GREAT.

I am a teacher in an alternative school in the Southeastern US. As part of Black History Month, I showed this movie to my students, then had them read other IMDb comments and make their own. Here are some of their comments. (Unfortunately, because of school policy, none of the students can be identified by name.)

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I think people should rent this movie because it is based on a true story and the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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This is a good movie because there is not a lot of blood and gore for young children to see (teacher's note: there is none at all). This is also a good movie because it is educational and good for inspiration in people's lives.

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The movie was very good...it had a great meaning to it.

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I thought this docudrama was a diamond in the rough for a Disney movie. Even though the story was not exactly what happened in real life, they managed to get some good acting and a respectable portrayal of MLK. The portrayal of Jonathan Daniels was off key, though they managed to portray him as he was somewhat. This movie gets 7/10 stars.

I watched this when I was in 5th grade all the way back in 2007-2008. This short film touched my heart and my emotions, I cried for like an hour after I first saw it even while I was out at recess and my classmates couldn't blame me. There are many emotional and tense scenes in this but it it's important for everyone to watch. The young actors who played Jonathan Daniels and Sheyann Webb did wonderful work and performed well, and what really got me in this movie were the scenes when everyone in the church sung their marching songs aloud. Even though it's a bit cheesy and old-fashioned at times, it was very uplifting and powerful. Being a young individual during that time while attempting to change the hearts and minds of a country and population that were very stubbornly and brutally against them is something that I can't begin to possibly imagine.

Charles Burnett's "Killer of Sheep" is a true masterpiece--an unsentimental look at ghetto life, rich in detail, marvelously flirting with an unexpected and regarding nonnarrative structure. "Selma, Lord, Selma" doesn't offer the same joys--it too obviously is a television project, with clearly identifiable "good guys" and "bad guys" and a strong sentimental thrust. Burnett seems to have been forced into removing the subtleties of the historical events he portrays by the limits of working with Disney. In the end, this movie is greatly affecting--it is hard to watch it with dry eyes--but it is not likely to make someone who isn't ignorant of the struggle for civil rights in the U.S. to think about the events in a new light.