Violence In The Movie Selma

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In order to get the Voting Rights Acts passed, Dr. martin Luther king Jr. lead a nonviolent movement. The 2014 film Selma directed by Ava DuVernay, deal with this time in history (1960s). Critic Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian, said of the film, “What DuVernay does is show King’s act as something else: an act of Zen mastery, a refusal not merely of violence, but of the gloating displays of triumph. Throughout the duration of the movie Selma the religious leader Dr. King implemented many Christian principles into his movement such as the biblical themes of: love your neighbor, men are created equal, and violence is not the answer. After the Bloody Sunday scene, Dr. King called out many leaders of religious organizations to offer a hand in joining …show more content…
Numerous verses in the Bible talk about how God loved His people so He commands His people to love their peers (1 John 4:7- 11). Dr. King used the love philos to construct his movement. He believed that showing love instead of hate would rouse in the hearts of people who attacked. Dr. King also implemented the Beatitudes to his movement. Jesus taught the beatitudes to show compassion, mercy, and spirituality to everyone. Dr. King focused on all of them, but used these two the most: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they will be called children of God and Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of …show more content…
there is no southern problem. There is only an American problem.” LBG comments that the constitution says that you are allowed to vote regardless of race or color. LBG precedes to correct the ability of African Americans not being able to vote by sending a law to congress to eliminate any barriers that the African American people face while voting. Barriers such as poll taxes, “grandfather clauses”, literacy test, and “white primaries. LGB allowed African Americans to vote in federal, state, and local elections. LGB ended his speech with the “borrowed words from Dr. King” that, “We shall