On Saturday night I saw my first movie of 2015 and it was a good one, director Ava DuVernay's Selma. The Martin Luther King Jr. biopic focuses on the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to the Alabama State Capitol, in Montgomery, when the peaceful protesters faced fierce prejudice, violence and even death to help hasten the passage of U.S. President Johnson's Voting Rights Act.
Selma movie costume exhibit at ArcLight Hollywood
To help promote the
Golden Globe (and probably
Oscar) hopeful, this collection of screen-used costumes featured in the movie were on display at
ArcLight Hollywood cinema on January 3, 2015.
Selma movie billboard
The artistic renderings included in this exhibit and the
Costume Design on this 60's based historical drama were by
Ruth E. Carter, and you can also see her
movie costumes in Serenity.
Costumes worn by David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo
as Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Selma
David Oyelowo delivers a quiet and powerful performance as the determined
'Martin Luther King Jr.' and wears this suit in the film, whilst his wife,
'Coretta Scott King', is played equally poignantly by
Carmen Ejogo and she is seen wearing this orange ensemble for the civil rights march from
Selma.
Original film costume worn by Oprah Winfrey
as Annie Lee Cooper in Selma
In the movie
Oprah Winfrey plays
civil rights activist
'Annie Lee Cooper' (basically just an
African-American woman who wants the legal right to vote), and I believe she wears this outfit when she tries to register to vote at the start of the film.
If you liked this historical film, you may also like these
movie costumes and props from Milk, the
Harvey Milk biopic about another equality activist, this time for gay rights, who was also murdered for his beliefs.
Selma movie poster
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