Pasadena Waldorf School’s 7th and 8th Graders’ Perspective on “Selma”

Pasadena Waldorf School’s 7th and 8th grade students visited the high school campus for a screening of the movie “Selma”. Afterwards, high school Humanities teacher and member of the PWS EID mandate group Mr. Baker led a discussion with the students to hear their perspectives and insights. 8th grade also spent time in the chemistry lab with Ms. Ribeiro and made homemade pizza with Mr. Baker. It was a wonderful day with future 9th graders!

Selma is a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb. It is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches initiated and directed by James Bevel and led by Martin Luther King Jr., Hosea Williams, and John Lewis. The film stars actors David Oyelowo as King, Tom Wilkinson as President Lyndon B. Johnson, Tim Roth as George Wallace, Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King, and Common as Bevel. [Wikipedia]

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