{"id":21740,"date":"2021-05-27T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T20:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=21740"},"modified":"2021-05-27T15:58:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T20:58:28","slug":"the-broadcast-premiere-of-ava-duvernays-epic-academy-award-nominated-film-selma-to-air-as-the-cbs-sunday-night-movie-june-20-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/27\/the-broadcast-premiere-of-ava-duvernays-epic-academy-award-nominated-film-selma-to-air-as-the-cbs-sunday-night-movie-june-20-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Broadcast Premiere of Ava DuVernay&#8217;s Epic Academy Award-Nominated Film &#8220;Selma&#8221; to Air as the &#8220;CBS Sunday Night Movie&#8221; June 20 [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPgs2zshD9Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>SELMA, from director Ava DuVernay and starring David Oyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965 when the revered leader and visionary Dr. King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators on a campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of brutal opposition. 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