Full Urbanworld Panel Discussion of Ava DuVernay’s ‘Selma’
This weekend at the Urbanworld Film Festival a select few saw the first clips of highly anticipated film Selma, the first studio film directed by indie impresario Ava DuVernay. Joining her was her star, David Oyelowo, who portrays Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the film. Just about five minutes of the film was shown but it was enough to bring Oyelowo to tears (it was the first time he had seen footage as well) and certainly is giving us even more anticipation for the film than before.
Enjoy the clips, in three parts:
As an extra treat, here’s a new production still featuring Oyelowo:
Selma will be in limited release Christmas Day from Paramount.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
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He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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