WHYY Tavis Smiley January 21, 2015
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. So pleased to welcome ava duvernay back to this program. This time for the movie selma, which she directed. The film chronicles the threemonth period in 1965 leading up to the passage of the Voting Rights act. Before we start our conversation, a look at a scene from selma. As long as i am unable to exercise my constitutional right to vote, i do not have commanof my own life. I cannot determine my destiny. It is determined by people who would rather see me suffer than succeed. Those that have gone before us say no more n...