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Selma was released in a limited number of theaters on 25 December 2014, before wider release in January 2015.

Paul Webb had sold his screenplay in 2008 and the following year Lee Daniels was in talks to direct, but chose to work on The Butler instead. Ava DuVernay was brought onto the production in 2013 and began reworking the script with Webb (DuVernay estimates that they rewrote 90% of the original), with some of the Martin Luther King's speeches needed to be rewritten due to licensing issues (Steven Spielberg had secured rights for a separate project).

Despite a number of historical inaccuracies within the film, Selma was a commercial and critical success, and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

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Loneliness as a Way of Life by Thomas Dumm

🎵 I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind. It's gonna be a bright (bright) Bright (bright) sunshiny day.🎵