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Selma: Film Guide

Selma
Selma
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14+

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Short (1-4 activities)

A film guide that looks at Selma (2014), a powerful drama focusing on Martin Luther King's campaign to secure voting rights for black Americans.

This guide is useful for exploring topics including History, Citizenship, PSHE Education and Film Studies, in addition to highlighting themes of historical periods, events and figures, historical movements, campaigns and revolutions, democracy and rights, racism and prejudice, equality, religions, health and wellbeing, and community.

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Selma interview: David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay
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Selma interview: David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay

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