Selma
Paramount Pictures is offering loose digital rental of Ava DuVernay’sSelmathrough the remainder of June . This announcement come less than 24 hour after David Oyelowo , who portrays Martin Luther King Jr. in the film , saidSelma’s2015 Oscar snubwas a response to the protestation of the cleanup of Eric Garner by an NYPD police officer . Selma , directed by DuVernay and written by Paul Webb , is a 2014 photographic film chronicle the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery . Selmastars Oyelowo , Tom Wilkinson , Tim Roth , Carmen Ejogo , and Common .
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Today , DuVernayshared that Paramount is offeringSelmafor barren rentals for the eternal rest of the month , starting Friday , June 5 . Paramount ’s promulgation came shortly after Oyelowo disclose Academy member told the studio apartment they would not supportSelmaafter the cast wore liothyronine - shirts emblazoned with the words " I Ca n’t Breathe " to the pic ’s premiere . It ’s ill-defined if this is why Paramount made the moving picture uncommitted , though , as DuVernay ’s statement about the free lease connote it ’s more about bump off barriers for folks to educate themselves about pitch-black account . On Twitter , DuVernay said :
Happy to share : Paramount Pictures is offer SELMA for barren rental on all US digital platforms for June , starting today . We ’ve got ta understand where we ’ve been to strategize where we ’re going . History aid us make the pattern . Onward .
In reference to the Academy ’s reply to the mould ’s protests , Oyelowo stated,“It ’s part of why the film did n’t get everything that masses think it should ’ve catch and it have # OscarsSoWhite . “The film was name for Best Picture and won Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015 . However , Selmadid not pick up nominationsin other major categories , in restrain with a year that many felt lacked diversity . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reply to DuVernay , tweeting,“Ava & David , we find out you . Unacceptable . We ’re committed to progress . "
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