Citizens of Selma can see the controversial new movie "Selma" for free. Paramount Pictures announced that the movie will be show free to Selma citizens starting this Friday at the Walton Theater in west Alabama city. The film is disappointing supporters of President Lyndon B. Johnson, including the director of the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin. Mark Updegrove says the film incorrectly portrays Johnson as an obstructionist to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He says LBJ and King had a partnership and that the film does no good to suggest that a president hampered progress at a time of elevated racial tensions following the recent deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police. One of the producers, Oprah Winfrey, says the free showings are to express the production's gratitude to the people of Selma. The movie chronicles a three-month period in 1965 when Martin Luther King Jr. led the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march. The movie was filmed in Selma, Montgomery and Atlanta. "Selma" has been nominated for four Golden Globe awards, including best picture.
Selma residents can see "Selma" for free
