Above is a first-look photo at Common and Tessa Thompson in Ava DuVernay's "Selma" - a film that's already generating Oscar buzz ahead of its December premiere. Rapper/actor Common plays James Bevel, the civil rights activist who helped set up 1963's "Children's Crusade" in Birmingham, Alabama, which was a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Thompson is Diane Nash, a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in April 1960, who also played a key role in bringing King to Montgomery, AL, in support of the Freedom Riders. She was sentenced to two years in prison for teaching nonviolent tactics...
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