Jan 08 Watch 3:26 Director Ava DuVernay on sharing the story of ‘Selma’ and deconstructing American heroes By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 02 Paramount offering free ‘Selma’ screenings for Selma residents By Ruth Tam Two weeks after the film's limited Dec. 25 release, Paramount Pictures is offering free screenings of "Selma" to its namesake's residents. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 7:33 Two film critics take a look at 2014’s best movies By PBS News Hour What movies are likely to be remembered long after 2014 ends? From a cinematic meditation on growing up, to a stirring portrait of the civil rights movement, film critics Dana Stevens of Slate and Mike Sargent of Pacifica Radio join… Continue watching
Dec 12 Gwen’s Take: Selma — then and now By Gwen Ifill There is a shock of recognition in the scenes that begin and end “Selma,” the elegiac new work by filmmaker Ava DuVernay. Even if you know only a little about your history, the events surrounding the 1965 Selma to Montgomery,… Continue reading
Apr 11 Watch Remembering civil rights history, when ‘words meant everything’ By PBS News Hour U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey and Jeffrey Brown recently traveled from Mississippi to Alabama on a pilgrimage to witness the historical struggles and sorrows people faced during the civil rights movement. On their 100-mile journey, they examine the role of… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch Clinton, Obama Campaigns Collide in Alabama Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., appeared in Selma, Ala., on Sunday to commemorate the 1965 march for civil rights. A New York Times reporter discusses the event, the first time the candidates have appeared together in the… Continue watching