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Whistle Stopper - Selma, Lord, Selma
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Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Mackenzie Astin, Jurnee Smollett, Clifton Powell, Ella Joyce, Yolanda King
Directed By: Charles Burnett
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788827419
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0788827413
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: 2001-02-06
Running Time: 94
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1999-01-17
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Summary: Selma Lord Selma
Comment: Selma Lord Selma is a great video especially since we have just elected a new president. Everyone should watch this just to see how far we in america have come and what it took to get where we are today. Thanks
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Summary: What an excellent movie!!!!
Comment: I had this movie a long time ago, and I played it until the tape snapped one day. Jurnee Smollett as the lead character, Sheyann Webb, is an amazing actress whose maturity beyond her years is noteworthy. She has incredible range, better than even some of the adult actors and actresses we see today. You really believe that she wants justice and equality when she marches with Dr. King and those in her community. I must warn any who haven't seen it, however, it is heart-wrenching as you see the faces of inequality and oppression and violence who make every attempt to thwart justice and have everything remain the way it is. Ultimately, it is a story of triumph, hope, belief, and faith.
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Summary: Selma, Lord Selma
Comment: I am a fifth grade teacher, and we use this video while studying the civil rights movement. I have found that it is a wonderful way to allow the children to see, first hand, what the movement was all about. The movie allows students to get a real sense of the fear people had to overcome in order to make a change in our society. This movie is a great supplemental teaching tool!
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Summary: Vivid Re-creation of a Troubled Time
Comment: This film is a remarkable re-creation of troubled times in Selma, Alabama. Filmed on location in and around Brown Chapel, I believe that some of the interiors were actually shot in the West and Webb apartments near the Chapel. The energy, sincerity and also the violence of this troubled period is well represented. The acting of Jurnee Smollet as the young girl who becomes involved in the movement and Mackenzie Astin as the martyred seminary student Jonathan Daniels is tremendously appealing. The smaller roles are perfectly cast.
The few weaknesses stem from the usual abrupt cuts and fade outs associated with television movie-making.
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Summary: Selma, Lord, Selma!
Comment: Excellent production! In my middle school language arts classrooms I used this to support lessons on the Civil Rights, ethnic diversity, and the hero's journey. The students were rivoted and talked about the movie for weeks.
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Disney presents a truly inspiring motion picture that accurately captures one of the most historically significant events in the struggle for civil rights. In 1965, during the turbulent early days of the right-to-vote movement, a young Alabama school girl (Jurnee Smollett -- EVE'S BAYOU, JACK) is inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Clifton Powell -- DEEP RISING, WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE) to resist the degradation that her fellow African Americans are suffering. Along with a white seminary student (Mackenzie Astin -- IRON WILL) from the north, and against the ever-increasing threat of racial violence, she promises to do what she can to help Dr. King's efforts. A powerful true story that will both uplift and entertain -- their perseverance and patience ultimately prevail, culminating in the famous civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery!
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