Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches initiated and directed by James Bevel and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis. The film stars actors David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, and Common as Bevel. Freshly gifted with the Nobel Peace Prize, the great Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr becomes angered at the US Government's lack of action when the Ku Klux Klan sets off a bomb on a black church killing four girls. At the same time, Annie Lee Cooper is denied voting registration by the County Registrar's Office. Angered by the lack of voice and lack of attention, Dr. King travels to Selma along with other members of his SCLC where they plan a march to the city of Montgomery to demonstrate their desire to vote. Based on the incredible true story.