Anonymous wrote:It's a great movie on an important subject. Our family saw it, including my 8th-grade niece, who was riveted. We were all disturbed by the violence -- my BIL, a combat veteran, cried. The "inaccuracies" are better described as differences in historical perspective or emphasis, and make for an interesting discussion after the movie. I teach middle school and have recommended the movie to my 7th and 8th-graders.

+1, especially the bolded.

We'll watch it at home. Even my 8th grader would be disturbed by the violence and the opening scene of the young girls and the bombing would leave too much of a mark on my 5th grader. At home I can send them out of the room and fast forward for the worst violence.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard it's a terrible movie, and glaringly historically inaccurate. Avoid.

this is why I am torn. Can others address the accuracy of the movie? I would like to take my kids to see an accurate portrayal of that time period.

It is an accurate portrayal of the time period. There are some discrepancies over how LBJ and MLK's relationship during that very brief time period in history are portrayed.

It's a great movie on an important subject. Our family saw it, including my 8th-grade niece, who was riveted. We were all disturbed by the violence -- my BIL, a combat veteran, cried. The "inaccuracies" are better described as differences in historical perspective or emphasis, and make for an interesting discussion after the movie. I teach middle school and have recommended the movie to my 7th and 8th-graders.

Anonymous wrote:I've heard it's a terrible movie, and glaringly historically inaccurate. Avoid.

this is why I am torn. Can others address the accuracy of the movie? I would like to take my kids to see an accurate portrayal of that time period.

Anonymous wrote:VERY SLOW movie.
Watch it was it goes to netflix is my recommendation.

Not slow. Intense.

Anonymous wrote:It would be fine to take a child and it was a great movie.
The little girls killed in Alabama were younger than 5th grade, so no white rednecks worried about how young they were.

The people whining about historical inaccuracy just don't like seeing blacks planning their own lives. In Hollywood, we're used to seeing whites coming to rescue the day.

yes. I think that's very likely.

It would be fine to take a child and it was a great movie.
The little girls killed in Alabama were younger than 5th grade, so no white rednecks worried about how young they were.

The people whining about historical inaccuracy just don't like seeing blacks planning their own lives. In Hollywood, we're used to seeing whites coming to rescue the day.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard it's a terrible movie, and glaringly historically inaccurate. Avoid.

Heard it where? At least cite your source.

The Washington Post.

I'm the above poser, I will add that my 9 year old was bored throughout some of the movie, but I don't regret taking him at all.

It was a great movie. We took our 9 and 14 year olds to see it this weekend. We are african american and we watch Roots every year and many other historical movies about slavery and the civil rights movement, so my 10 year old is used to this sort of movie. I don't think I'd advise it for most 10 year olds though.

VERY SLOW movie.
Watch it was it goes to netflix is my recommendation.

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Anonymous wrote:I've heard it's a terrible movie, and glaringly historically inaccurate. Avoid.

Heard it where? At least cite your source.

Not that poster. I'm actually the OP. Some have criticized the portrayal of LBJ as not really supportive of MLK. The movie apparently implies LBJ put J. Edgar Hoover up to confronting Coretta Scott King with evidence of MLK's adultery. But the bulk of the film is said to be very accurate.


http://www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376120614/the-selma-criticism-for-how-it-portrays-lyndon-b-johnson-is-it-fair