Rating: TVPG
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 02/03/2004
SubTitles: Espanol/English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Noted African-American independent filmmaker
Charles Burnett directed this made-for-TV movie, based on the memoirs of Sheyann Webb-Christburg and Rachel West Nelson, in which 12-year-olds Sheyann (
Jurnee Smollett and Rachel (
Stephanie Zandra Peyton), with fellow volunteer Jonathan (
Mackenzie Astin), a white seminary student, join Martin Luther King's march from Selma to Montgomery.
Selma Lord Selma was originally aired as part of
The Wonderful World of Disney on Jan. 17, 1999, one day prior to the national holiday commemorating Dr. King's birthday; the broadcast featured an introduction by Dr. King's widow, Coretta Scott King.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide