A made-for-TV documentary about Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson, two children who were active in the Selma freedom movement. Grades 4+. Disney. 1999.
Selma: Bridge to the Ballot
Produced by Learning for Justice for grades 6+, this documentary film focuses on the role of students and teachers in the Selma-to-Montgomery March. Limited availability.
Feature film with Danny Glover based on the actual history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), student activism, and voter registration in McComb, Mississippi.
Academy Award-winning documentary film tells the heroic story of the young people in Birmingham, Alabama, who brought segregation to its knees. Limited availability.
Teach About Selma: Films
About Selma
These films focus on the freedom movement in Selma.
Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom, 1965
Bridge to Freedom is a full hour segment on Selma in the renowned Eyes on the Prize series. Grades 7+.
Selma, Lord, Selma
A made-for-TV documentary about Sheyann Webb and Rachel West Nelson, two children who were active in the Selma freedom movement. Grades 4+. Disney. 1999.
Selma: Bridge to the Ballot
Produced by Learning for Justice for grades 6+, this documentary film focuses on the role of students and teachers in the Selma-to-Montgomery March. Limited availability.
Selma
The 2014 historical drama feature film Selma, directed by Ava DuVernay.
Home of the Brave
A documentary about the murder of Viola Liuzzo. Grades 10+. Bullfrog Films. 2003.
Other Civil Rights Movement Stories
Freedom Song
Feature film with Danny Glover based on the actual history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), student activism, and voter registration in McComb, Mississippi.
Children’s March
Academy Award-winning documentary film tells the heroic story of the young people in Birmingham, Alabama, who brought segregation to its knees. Limited availability.
Boycott
Feature film about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Read Two Thumbs Up: Movies and Documentaries to Use (and Avoid) When Teaching Civil Rights by Hasan Kwame Jeffries.
Oral History Interviews
These people played an active role during the Selma freedom movement.
National Visionary Leadership Project
Amelia Boynton Robinson
Fred Shuttlesworth
Andrew Young
C. T. Vivian
Posted: January 23, 2015