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Selma: A Primer

I liked Selma.

I enjoyed it. I wasn’t moved in the way that "12 Years a Slave” moved me. I did not get up and cheer at the end, nor was I moved to tears at its beginning.
Ava DuVernay did a good job in the movies direction and perspective. I loved seeing the characters fill up the screen. King always looked and felt weighted. Even in private moments, his narrow shoulders always seemed heavy. The ensemble cast was amazing. Almost too amazing. I spent several telling minutes racking my brain trying to remember where I had seen, Tim Roth, the actor that played Alabama governor George Wallace (I remembered on the ride home it was “The Hulk”). The movie was fine. The acting great. The story, however, familiar, was told in a fresh way.

But shortly after the movie began, I realized that it was a lesson plan unfolding in front of me: a lesson plan for a movement. Teachable moments
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