--- description: Paramount Pictures will hold free showings of “Selma” at a theater in the film’s eponymous city, Selma, Alabama. title: 'Selma' to Screen for Free in Selma image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8030c4623a5b05d4/698777db8e060183e54597f6/film-review-selma_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Selma_ to Screen for Free in Selma, Ala. by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 2, 2015 8:02 AM CUT  In this image released by Paramount Pictures, David Oyelowo portrays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a scene from Selma In this image released by Paramount Pictures, David Oyelowo portrays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a scene from SelmaAtsushi Nishijima—AP by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 2, 2015 8:02 AM CUT Paramount Pictures will hold [free showings](http://www.thewrap.com/selma-to-screen-in-selma-alabama-for-free/ "undefined") of _Selma_ at a theater in the movie’s eponymous city, Selma, Ala. The film, a drama about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 civil rights marches in the small west Alabama city, will open at Selma’s Walton Theater and nationwide on Jan. 9, The Wrap reports. “I’m so happy that the movie _Selma_ will be shown in Selma when it’s released to the nation,” said city Mayor George P. Evans in a statement released by Paramount. “I’m so grateful of the fact that Selma has been blessed to have a movie named after it.” _Selma_, directed by Ava DuVernay, has been nominated for four Golden Globe awards. However, it has also been criticized for what some say is its inaccurate portrayal of then President Lyndon B. Johnson as against the civil rights movement and plotting King’s downfall. \[[_The Wrap_](http://www.thewrap.com/selma-to-screen-in-selma-alabama-for-free/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651871/selma-alabama-free-paramount/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651871/selma-alabama-free-paramount/"},"headline":"Selma to Screen for Free in Selma, Ala.","datePublished":"2015-01-02T08:02:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:13:47.270Z","description":"Selma is coming home to Selma","url":"https://time.com/3651871/selma-alabama-free-paramount/","keywords":["movies","alabama","Martin Luther King","selma","ava duvernay"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8030c4623a5b05d4/698777db8e060183e54597f6/film-review-selma_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8030c4623a5b05d4/698777db8e060183e54597f6/film-review-selma_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Film Review Selma","caption":"Film Review Selma","creditText":"Atsushi Nishijima—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651871/selma-alabama-free-paramount/","name":"Selma to Screen for Free in Selma, Ala."}}]}] ```