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'Selma' offers history, inspiration and entertainment
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David Oyelowo, center, as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Carmen Ejogo, right, as Coretta Scott King in the film, “Selma.” - photo by Paramount Pictures
Earnest and often inspiring, “Selma” is a handsomely mounted “Eyes on the Prize” account of the defining protests of the civil rights movement. Elegantly produced and high-minded, it’s only sins are overreaching ambition and a tendency to rub the roughest edges off the principals. It’s still a history lesson that’s moving and informative, if not downright entertaining.