Salute to Congressman John Lewis on 50th Anniversary of Selma's "Bloody Sunday", where Lewis was beaten unconscious by Alabama's State troopers at historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965

Overwhelmed Congressman John Lewis along with highly acclaimed Director Ava DeVurnay and Lead Actor David Oyelowo from the 2014 movie "Selma" at an early "Selma" screening.

Written by Ava DeVurnay
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Saluting our friend and hero Congressman John Lewis during Selma50‬. The depths of my love and respect for him and his courage is difficult to articulate.

This photo was taken after an early screening of SELMA, our small cinematic gesture of honor to Lewis and all the Freedom fighters, who moved us forward using their very bodies as their only weapons; their minds as the fuel; and Spirit as the compass.

(Congressman John Lewis and I at the DNC Convention 2012)

God bless them all - all the freedom fighters - past, present and future.

To watch Lewis introduce the President on the very bridge, 50 years ago where he was beaten, and bloodied - with a concussion, as a young man is Overwhelming!! Glory!
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Ava Marie DuVernay is an American director, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor. At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, DuVernay won the Best Director Prize for her second feature film Middle of Nowhere, becoming the first African-American woman to win the award. For her work in highly acclaimed Film Selma, DuVernay is the first black female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award. With Selma, she is also the first black female director to have a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo is an English actor that played supporting roles in the films "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011), "Middle of Nowhere" (2012), "Lincoln" (2012), and garnered praise for portraying Louis Gaines in "The Butler" (2013). In 2014, Oyelowo played Lead Actor as the Rev, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the bio-dramatic film "Selma", for which he received a Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Actor, with the Movie nominated for Best Picture in the 2015 Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards.