The critically-acclaimed film Selma is now playing in theaters nationwide and Hollywood is all abuzz regarding the quality of directorship Ava DuVernay turned in on the film and the manner in which ...

Ava DuVernay, the independent film director known for 2011’s I Will Follow and 2012’s Middle of Nowhere, has another big name added to the cast of her Martin Luther King Jr. feature drama, Selma.

All she wants to do is register to vote. She is an American citizen, and it is her right. The woman is Annie Lee Cooper. Black. The registrar is white. The place is Selma, Ala., in the mid-1960s. It's ...