Selma

  • Category: Cinema
  • Dates : March 27, 2025
  • Opening hours: 7 to 9:30 p.m.
  • Location: Montpellier - Campus Triolet - Maison des étudiants Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

Biopic by Ava Du Vernay, 2014, running time: 2:08

Selma traces Dr. Martin Luther King's historic struggle to secure the right to vote for all citizens. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated in a long march from the town of Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and led to President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

The university libraries will be on hand before and after the screening to offer a selection of books for borrowing on site.

Open to all.