Parents, Teachers, SELMA Is Age 13 Appropriate

Common Sense Media Movie Review
Published: January 9, 2015

5-star rated, Movie SELMA now playing is an Outstanding drama about MLK's fight for civil rights. Age appropriate, 13 years.

Common Sense Media Moview Review:

Parents need to know that Selma follows the events leading up to 1965's momentous Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march organized by Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference to campaign for voters' rights. Narrowly focused on the time leading up to the march, Selma provides a historical context for how each of the group's campaigns concentrated on raising awareness about a different issue in the segregated South. Expect several intense, disturbing scenes of race-based violence perpetrated against the non-violent protesters, including protesters being beaten bloody with sticks, weapons, and even whips. Others are killed, including innocent girls in a church that's blown up. Despite the historically accurate violence and the occasional strong language (ranging from "f--k" and "s--t" to frequent racial slurs) -- as well as a subplot about infidelity -- this is a powerful, educational drama that parents should watch with their mature tweens and teens.

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Keywords: Justice, March, Martin Luther King, MLK, Peace, Selma