Ava Duvernay Directed The Educational Film About The...

Ava DuVernay directed the educational film about the historic peace march Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led in Selma, Alabama. DuVernay focuses her film towards the Civil Rights Movement, a topic she holds close to her heart. The film illustrates the life behind King and the people involved with the peace march to Selma as they were organizing this march that had the potential to turn the tides during the Civil Rights Movement. The way DuVernay wanted to capture King’s movement was interesting and eye popping to viewers who are not aware of how King was treated during the 1960s. However, I feel as if DuVernay did an excellent job with illustrating the events that took place and capturing an accurate imagine of how the people of Selma were treated during the Civil Rights Era. The movie starts off with an event that took place in the early 1960s in Birmingham, Alabama. Four little girls were killed in the bombing of the Baptist Church. This event turned the wheels of King’s Civil Rights Movement since many African Americans believed that these girls were killed because of their race. I thought this scene stood out the most to viewers in the beginning because there are crimes like this happening in society still that people believe is because of a race. In fact groups have formed to put an end to racial inequality, however, the bombing of the Baptist church seems a little more extreme than the incidents involving Garner, and Martin. DuVernay was able to illustrate the graphic