Selma

  • Category: Cinema
  • Dates: March 27, 2025
  • Hours: From 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
  • Location: Montpellier - Triolet Campus - Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Student Center

Biopic by Ava DuVernay, 2014, running time: 2 hours 8 minutes

Selma recounts Dr. Martin Luther King's historic struggle to secure voting rights for all citizens. A dangerous and terrifying campaign that culminated in a long march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and led President Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

University libraries will be present before and after the screening and will offer a selection of books that can be borrowed on site.

Open to the general public.