Selma
has
been
moving
a
lot
of
people
worldwide.
Apart
from
Ellen
DeGeneres,
President
Barack
Obama
also
loved
the
biopic
and
desires
to
show
it
to
others.
Barack
Obama
will
hold
a
screening
of
'Selma',
a
historical
drama
on
Martin
Luther
King
Jr,
at
The
White
House
today.
Director
Ava
DuVernay
and
her
cast
are
invited
to
the
screening,
and
they
are
expected
to
attend
their
proud
moment.
"Selma" is
the
latest
movie
to
be
shown
in
The
White
House
after
last
year's
"Mandela:
Long
Walk
to
Freedom"
and
2012's
"Lincoln" and
"Beasts
of
the
Southern
Wild"
were
screened
before.
The
Obamas
have
also
screened
"Slumdog
Millionaire,"
"Julie
&
Julia" and
"He's
Just
Not
That
Into
You."
The
film,
which
stars
David
Oyelowo
as
King,
earned
Oscar
nominations
for
Best
Picture,
Best
Original
Song,
but
failed
to
get
nominations
for
director
DuVernay.
Even
David
Oyelowo
did
not
nominate
to
Best
Actor
category
at
Oscars
2015,
the
announcement
of
which
were
made
yesterday
early
morning
at
5:30
am.
The
biopic
tells
the
back
story
of
King's
1965
civil
rights
march
in
Alabama
from
Selma
to
Montgomery.
The
film
will
also
be
watched
by
Common,
who
collaborated
with
John
Legend
on
the
song
'Glory',
which
earned
a
best
original
song)
Oscar.John
legend
won
the
Best
Original
Score
award
at
the
Golden
Globes
a
few
days
back.
Although
Selma
got
only
2
Oscar
nominations,
the
movie
has
moved
many
people
and
President
Obama
will
show
a
special
screening
which
he
will
host
today
at
The
White
House.