Selma (2014) - Full Reaction
Added 2023-01-13 09:48:39 +0000 UTCIn honor of Martin Luther King Day, I decided to watch Selma. This was heartbreaking and inspiring. It made me want to learn more about the details of his life and legacy. How could humans be so cruel to other humans? It doesn't seem right that this was not that long ago. We've come a long way but I know we still have a ways ago.
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MLK: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Clay F
2024-04-28 10:17:33 +0000 UTCThe Voting Rights Act has definitely been weakened.
Clay F
2024-04-28 10:16:09 +0000 UTCThanks for your reaction to this movie. I like how visceral you could be. MLK: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." That quote always got to me. Still does. No silence. I agree that we still have a long ways to go. For instance, the US Supreme Court found this year in a 5-4 decision that Alabama is violating the Voting Rights Act (the federal legislation discussed in the movie) by how Alabama draws its voting districts to dilute the black vote. Did you notice that LBJ's advisor is the medic in Saving Private Ryan. I also watched "Remember the Titans" many times.
Clay F
2023-12-10 20:33:48 +0000 UTCAllan, you are correct.
Clay F
2023-12-10 20:29:38 +0000 UTCAllan, well said. MLK: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Clay F
2023-12-10 20:28:07 +0000 UTCRead the FAQ 😀
Björn Karlsson
2023-01-18 11:11:58 +0000 UTCAnd this is how it works on every reactors channel.
Richard Maurer
2023-01-17 22:35:14 +0000 UTCBecause you're supposed to get your own version and watch along.
rakeshldn
2023-01-17 19:36:23 +0000 UTC"WHY ARE THE MOVIES BLURRED? One of the biggest questions I get is about the movie being blurred during the full length reactions. The reason the movie needs to be blurred is due to copyright issues. As much as I would like to, I can’t show the full movie, just the reaction. So like it says before you join, it is meant as a “watch along” and you will have to sync your own copy along with my reaction." I copied that from the post Cassie has pinned to the top of her page.
My_Cousin_Mose
2023-01-17 19:32:40 +0000 UTCAm I the only one who can’t hear or see the movie? This is supposed to be the full reaction, but the volume is off, and the screen is blurred. Why?
S2497
2023-01-17 16:42:09 +0000 UTC@ thansen - I know I said I was going to stay out of this one but I've got to ask, what exactly was "woke" about the op's post?
Richard Maurer
2023-01-17 10:12:42 +0000 UTCAll movies are fiction, to varying degrees. That's why they don't call them documentaries. If there's a movie based on historical events, whether you agree with the film or not, just assume parts of it are going to be fiction.
Richard Maurer
2023-01-17 02:47:40 +0000 UTCIt's completely true. I helped clean up the aftermath. I helped get groceries for the elderly, too. You should have seen what BLM did to the local supermarkets. If they couldn't steal the food they made sure it was inedible. Target looked like a hurricane hit it. The bus lines weren't able to run in that area, either. Don't tell me it wasn't BLM. It was almost entirely BLM. And how many of them were even arrested? A handful? And even fewer prosecuted. Go look on Youtube and watch the videos. I promise you it was worse in person.
thansen
2023-01-17 02:10:40 +0000 UTCYou must live in an alternate universe then, because everything you just said is factually untrue. You need to put down the Fox News and come home to reality.
Allan Rumberger
2023-01-17 01:54:55 +0000 UTCBLM disavowed it? They were celebrated because of it. They rationalized it as reparations. CNN called it 'peaceful' protesting. It was ALL by BLM. I saw it, the videos proved it. BLM is a terrorist organization and should be treated as such.
thansen
2023-01-17 01:50:49 +0000 UTCRioters did that. Blaming BLM, who disavowed that activity, is nonsense. BLM didn't do that. You have literally no idea who BLM is, what they stand for, or what they do.
Allan Rumberger
2023-01-17 01:43:40 +0000 UTCYou are the product of these woke times. That's for sure.
thansen
2023-01-17 01:42:43 +0000 UTCYou mean it would give liberals strokes. The rest of us are not so woke.
thansen
2023-01-17 01:41:19 +0000 UTCSelma is mostly fiction, though. They do this in Hollywood now all the time.
thansen
2023-01-17 01:33:43 +0000 UTCBLM destroyed my neighborhood, burned down a police station, burned down brand new housing for low income people, looted the stores. We had elderly who could not even get groceries because of BLM. Or their RXs. So, please, go back and learn what BLM really did. Not to mention they used almost all that money to buy themselves expensive homes and cars.
thansen
2023-01-17 01:32:55 +0000 UTCYou consider this education? I hope you are joking.
thansen
2023-01-17 01:30:50 +0000 UTC@ Larry - I try to have faith in people, but then I get on the internet........
Richard Maurer
2023-01-15 10:50:44 +0000 UTCHey Cassie, Yes, that was real footage from the march and there were some famous faces shown in the crowd. I would suggest you look into John Lewis who was portrayed in the movie and at the end of the movie said he became a congressman for over 20 years. He was in the front of the line wearing a beige trench coat and small backpack when the troopers started beating people. Here are some clips of him sharing his thoughts on the march in 1965. https://youtu.be/bl_cYdKuUSc https://youtu.be/DBCTUmTf4GE https://youtu.be/XST4lV7HnO8 They have recreated the march and on the 50th anniversary in 2015, President Obama spoke and lead a march across the bridge with John Lewis and others https://youtu.be/jemxwWbnJb8 https://youtu.be/N3E7atni5dg
Tara
2023-01-15 03:53:33 +0000 UTC@Richard- As long as it is watched before the Horsemen come trotting through my town, I'll be happy.
Mike Lemon
2023-01-15 01:46:05 +0000 UTCRichard, where's your Faith, man. Always so negative. ;-)
Larry Darrell
2023-01-15 01:41:45 +0000 UTC@ Mike Lemon - I'm pretty sure everyone here agreeing on any movie would be a sign of the Apocalypse.
Richard Maurer
2023-01-14 20:14:21 +0000 UTC@granny- Notice I said "perspective" not "unbiased source of information," in fact, he didn't really provide any information. He asked questions and let them answer. Watch the video and judge what the people say.
Mike Lemon
2023-01-14 20:10:55 +0000 UTC@Tim Raths - That's because everything is political, literally.
granny_goodness
2023-01-14 18:21:49 +0000 UTCRight-wing people will never acknowledge voter suppression because it's literally the right's only chance at winning elections. Because they have no policy positions. Even blatant attempts at voter fraud is hand waved and excused. The Mike above suggested watching a video from Ami Horowitz who is literally a right-wing filmmaker as if he's some type of unbiased source of information. It's a complete joke.
granny_goodness
2023-01-14 18:18:05 +0000 UTCBest to just get out of this one with your sanity Mike. Good on you to not let these views go unchecked but I'd let it rest there.
My_Cousin_Mose
2023-01-14 17:54:44 +0000 UTChahahahahahahahahaah Yes Mike. This is indeed the perfect time to watch that movie. And yeah Richard good call.
My_Cousin_Mose
2023-01-14 17:50:49 +0000 UTC"For instance the Jeffersons" Love the Jeffersons, but holy cow, episode 1 would give people strokes today.
Mike Lemon
2023-01-14 13:15:01 +0000 UTCI think we can all agree Indictment: The McMartin Trial is one she should watch in the next few weeks.
Mike Lemon
2023-01-14 13:04:13 +0000 UTC@Gabor- "Although as a European I always found the lack of that very strange and puzzling." Most Americans do too. "partial purging of such lists without notification" There is notification (usually the actual law), voters that haven't voted for many elections in a row are removed because it is assumed they have moved or died. It's not a random thing. "closing up of polling stations..." Usually a cost and staffing thing. Elections are run, staffed, and paid for on the local level (county).
Mike Lemon
2023-01-14 12:57:26 +0000 UTC"even though there is massive racism and systematic racism, " Well, there isn't either "massive" or "systemic", at least there wasn't pre-2010-ish, excepting things like college admissions (see currently pending- Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina). There is so little of the "massive racism" that there has been a surge in hoaxes to try and create it. But, whatever, have fun with your hate. oh, almost missed this- "example being Jim Crow laws". Passed by who? "I have worked professionally for 12+ years professionally on political campaigns ... my home of VA" Just a curiosity question. If it included the former governor, do you think he was the one in black-face or the one in the Klan uniform in that picture? He never did say.
Mike Lemon
2023-01-14 12:45:01 +0000 UTCSometimes people just can’t help themselves. Every facet of our lives is contaminated enough with politics people have to bring that garbage here too. 🤬
Tim Raths
2023-01-14 11:51:15 +0000 UTCLoved this movie the first time and even more the second!! Me and my dad have gone to the MLK march every year since i was like 5. Its beautiful how fortunate i am to grow up in a world where most people don't look at us and hate us because our skin is different than theirs. it is still so crazy to me, the stories my grandparents would tell me about what they had to go through.
Jackson Solomon
2023-01-14 10:08:14 +0000 UTCAnd about that SCOTUS ruling on the Voting Right's Act: 1) States have always had the right to make and control their own voting laws. They have been then, now, and will always do so. That section only required these sates making their laws to require federal approval so that couldn't deny citizens US constitutionally protected right to vote be suppressed as it has been by passing state laws that would do that (example being Jim Crow laws, including voting laws which is what the entire thing was passed for and to continue to illegally strip blacks, black voters, of their rights They gutted that by allowing states to do just that removing that federal screen and their laws go into affect, take effect and impact elections, and almost always the only chance to change it would be after and years of court battles to get to federal courts and SCOTUS to strike them dodown. 2) You're really good at repeating this narrative. But as just explained, there was no "punishment" whatsoever, only ensuring state voting laws don't violate the Constitution and has never taken power away from any state to control their constitutional voting laws. 3) Lastly, you're right about their reasoning that enough time has passed for it to not be applicable anymore. They said that because society isn't as racist now, even though there is massive racism and systematic racism, there wasn't a point to it. They essentially decaled racism doesn't really exist anymore therefore there are no attempts being made at racially discriminating against minority voters. Quite possibly one of the dumbest decisions, and of course all 5 republican appointed justices voted for it. Just needed to correct your false and misleading statements as you have the gall to tell others to beware of false narratives while everything you said was an indeed false narratives.
Matt Skeens
2023-01-14 09:39:52 +0000 UTCYeah, voter ID was one of the things mentioned. Although as a European I always found the lack of that very strange and puzzling. In the country I live, it is obligatory to have a government-issued photo ID card. I think that is true for most European countries. But this wasn't the only problem listed. Concerns around voter registration practices (again a very puzzling concept for me), partial purging of such lists without notification, closing up of polling stations and directing people to others creating hours-long queues have also been mentioned. I don't know how much of it has to do with the partial overturning of the Voting Rights Act. But as an outsider, I certainly got the feeling that what the civil rights movement achieved in this regard 60 years ago, cannot be considered a done deal. Also, I'm starting to think we are scratching a sensitive, polarizing, and politicized topic here so might be best not to dig any deeper and stir up the pot. I myself will refrain from further comments in this regard.
Gábor Árki
2023-01-14 09:26:59 +0000 UTCYou're right. It should be read carefully or you may end up reading rightwing talking points like you have and will repeat them on public forums to spread more misinformation. I have worked professionally for 12+ years professionally on political campaigns across 5 states (NC, SC, KY, TN, and my home of VA) exclusively in the field managing voter contact/turnout operations of campaigns. I have worked directly with these laws my entire adult working life. With that said: 1) Not only are most of those claims about voter suppression true, voter suppression tactics in this country by republicans goes far beyond these few examples. 2) Voter ID laws, particularly photo-ID laws, are absolutely created and aimed at suppressing voting demo's who vote heavily for democrats. They are aimed directly at voting demos for example more specifically lower income african americans, hispanics, and the 18-25 demos and large/larger metropolitan cities. They are the most likely to not have a PHOTO-ID. This isn't a debate really nor something that is even denied much by the GOP. 3) Citing support from a poll, particularly ones on that, are ridiculous to support your argument. Of course almost all agree that there shouldn't be illegal votes cast or zero process/systems that removes the potential of illegal votes being cast, one of those processes being screening the voter to ensure they are who they say they are. So when you ask someone in a poll a question like that (and you can ask in countless ways, and polls like this choose the more vaguer for obvious reasons. or maybe even that they were asked about photo-ID particularly because they don't even think of the question, it's not outlandish on it's own, and have no clue as to who and why those laws affect...only that they stop voter fraud, not mentioning further context of the fact that it would only largely address in-person voter fraud which is virtually nonexistent. I believe the number is something like 0.00003-4% (you have an exponentially higher chance of getting struck by lightening) in all votes out of decades of literally billions of votes cast the past several decades. I believe one large study covering 2000-2014 or 15 out of a billion votes cast, less than 50 were found to be in-person fraudulent votes and the latest study by MIT covering 2000 to our last presidential election showed almost identical percentage of cases. 4) With those undeniable facts and voting data, it's not an issue whatsoever in any state in this country and never has been. Yet republicans every year, in virtually every state that doesn't already have the strictest voter id laws, put forth bills, blather on social media/media constantly and particularly after they lose. Why would they do that, lie about it being an issue, and fight tooth and nail to convince citizens and pass legislation on it? Because the aim is to use it to suppress voting demos who tend to heavily vote for democratic candidates. 5) Your last point was just silly. Raw voter turnout increases in every presidential election and usually, but of course there are exceptions when including midterms, off year state elections in states like VA, special elections, etc. The population grows in that time, more people turn 18 and are allowed to vote, etc. It's natural. That's not because of the laws for starters but no one also said that because this particular mainstream attempt to suppress doesn't really work doesn't mean it the reasons for the laws are absolutely done so intentionally in an attempt to suppress as many dem voters as possible.
Matt Skeens
2023-01-14 09:20:24 +0000 UTCThis comments could section could turn real bad, real quick. I'm keeping out of it (for now). But I hope we can keep politics out of here, so it doesn't turn to a meaningless shouting match between two hostile camps - you know, like twitter. let's save our hostilities for what movies we think Cassie should watch, shall we?
Richard Maurer
2023-01-14 06:59:55 +0000 UTCBe careful what you read about "the Voting Rights Act has been partially reversed and that similar practices to suppress and discourage voting". Most of those have no basis in reality. For instance, voter I.D. is often touted as "suppressing the black vote", but 70-80% of blacks support voter I.D. and after it is implemented, voter turnout often (usually?) increases. For some perspective, look up- ami horowitz voter id -and watch the video. And parts of the Voting Rights Act were overturned, because states control voting (Article 1 section 4, U.S. Constitution) and enough time and change had occurred (40 years) that the punishment of losing that was relaxed.
Mike Lemon
2023-01-14 04:00:09 +0000 UTCNo.
My_Cousin_Mose
2023-01-14 03:33:06 +0000 UTC@Allan (sigh) Can't you just let her give some praise to Dr. King? She might be able to quote many more things he said but perhaps thats her favorite. And we could do without the white bashing and blanket statements about any race. Racism will indeed never end as long as people keep posting crap like that.
My_Cousin_Mose
2023-01-14 03:26:02 +0000 UTCThat was an unexpectedly powerful movie. Somehow it completely eluded me until this week when Cassie announced the line-up. Watching it for the first time I realized how little I know about Martin Luther King. Of course, I know of him, but not much about him apart from his leadership in the civil rights movement and his assassination. Any other movies/documentaries you can recommend? Also, looking up the real events after the movie, it is sad and disappointing to read about the Voting Rights Act has been partially reversed and that similar practices to suppress and discourage voting has already started appearing again. Cassie, this felt like a hard watch for you. If you are interested in another movie that is also touching on racism, segregation, and a great man/leader, but at the same time conveys very positive, inspirational and feel good vibes, I recommend Invictus (2009). The true story of how Nelson Mandela tried to unite the torn country of South Africa after the Apartheid ended using the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
Gábor Árki
2023-01-13 23:27:22 +0000 UTCThank you for watching this. It resonates strongly today, especially when you see the police response across the USA to the BLM protests two summers ago. The fight is not over, and don't let anyone try to convince you otherwise. As Dr. King wrote in his Letter from Birmingham Jail: "First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season."
Allan Rumberger
2023-01-13 22:35:49 +0000 UTCI recommend checking if your local library participates in a streaming program; if so, there's a really good chance they'll have this. For my fellow Canadians, it's streaming on Crave with the Starz package.
Allan Rumberger
2023-01-13 22:32:14 +0000 UTC@Celeste McAllister if that is the only quote from Dr. King you can recite then you have completely missed the point of his life's work. White people Have spent the last 50+ years acting like they can just pretend racism ended in the 60s and if we can all just pretend to be colorblind, everything will be fine. Everything's not fine. Some of the white people who participated in the type of terrorist acts depicted in this film are still alive today. Most of them raised children to be the same way as they were, and that generation is alive and well now. This film isn't ancient history.
Allan Rumberger
2023-01-13 22:30:12 +0000 UTCThis movie messed me up the first time I saw it, Im gonna guess it does the same for cassie lol
Jhop
2023-01-13 19:48:53 +0000 UTCI just wanna see Cassie react to good movies. Couldn't give 2 farts about the ethnicities of the people making the movies.
My_Cousin_Mose
2023-01-13 18:32:30 +0000 UTCI watched on Showtime-prime video
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-13 18:06:38 +0000 UTCWhat a great man the Rev.Dr.King was "Judge by the content of one's character not by the color of their skin"we need to live up to his legacy he opposed using civil rights for political gain..
Celeste McAllister
2023-01-13 17:59:01 +0000 UTCSadly that’s probably true.
Tim Raths
2023-01-13 17:55:28 +0000 UTCI'm guessing it's Cassie's subscribers not having an interest in these types of films. And not just her. The fact that you mentioned there are not many reactions to these types of films means generally people are not interested in them. We might be in the minority, but yeah, I'd totally appreciate Cassie branching out to this genre. Also not just the more serious ones but comedies as well. For instance the Jeffersons and Sanford and Son are some of the funniest TV shows. I myself love Sanford and Son. Redd Foxx was a comic genius. His back an fourth with LaWanda Page as Aunt Esther was legendary!
Todzilla
2023-01-13 17:19:49 +0000 UTCI usually use the link in the post to find it in my region. I am in Ohio, USA and found it on showtime, which I pay for. Alternatively, a Google search sometimes shows alternative streaming locations.
Jon Johns
2023-01-13 17:18:24 +0000 UTCIs this movie streaming free anywhere?
N M
2023-01-13 16:50:45 +0000 UTCIf she does a Black History Month theme in February like she did last year I hope Boyz n the Hood and Do the Right Thing are on her list. I hardly ever see anyone react to those films.
Tim Raths
2023-01-13 16:31:10 +0000 UTCI met John Lewis shortly before he passed. He was incredibly funny and gracious and seemingly unaware he was a living legend.
Brian Harris
2023-01-13 16:27:06 +0000 UTCOh man, I’d love to see a Boyz N The Hood reaction. I remember I saw that movie when I was fifteen, and it was completely electrifying for me. I grew up in white, middle class, suburban LA, like maybe fifteen or twenty miles away from South Central, but it might as well have been another planet for how little I knew or understood. It was a revelation that people could be living such different lives, but still be so similar to me - these guys have issues with their parents, they goof off with their friends, they worry about growing up, but the consequences were so starkly and unfairly different.
Brian Harris
2023-01-13 16:24:49 +0000 UTCI haven’t seen this movie yet. Looking forward to watching along with you Cassie!
Robert da Spruce
2023-01-13 16:15:05 +0000 UTCThanks Cassie for watching this, and expanding your education. I hope you inspire some to learn more, and open their hearts and minds. This was not long ago, enough, as you said. John Lewis we only lost recently, and so many of those young people are still with us, as are so, so many from 'the other side,' so to speak. The voting rights act that was passed in 1965 has been chipped away, and continues to be challenged by courts, and sections ruled unconstitutional. This is a battle still being fought, by both sides, even today. "Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' " -- MLK
Jon Johns
2023-01-13 15:23:10 +0000 UTCOn a somewhat similar topic, it would be interesting to see Cassie's take on films produced/directed/acted by black Americans. It's a genre I haven't seen on this channel yet. Films such as: Do the Right Thing Boys in the Hood Friday I would even go as far as some comedies by the Waynes Brothers such as "I'm going to Git You Sucka". Being a kid in the 80s of Las Vegas Nevada, when the great migration of Californians took place, I met a lot of kids my age from LBC, Oakland, South Central. I got into their music (Dr Dre, Eazy E, etc) and also their movies. It would be great to relive those films through someone like Cassie that has never seen these types of movies. My number one wish list from that era would be Friday. It has a great cast, is mostly a comedy, but still deals with some "drama". AKA, it's not too "heavy ".
Todzilla
2023-01-13 15:08:19 +0000 UTCI would agree on Malcom X with Denzel Washington.
Todzilla
2023-01-13 14:52:10 +0000 UTCGreat film. Malcolm X, who was only briefly touched on in this movie, was also a key figure in the civil rights movement. He and Dr. King were the two poles of the movement. King believed in non-violence. Malcolm X never quite preached violence, but he refused to discourage it or take it off the table. His journey is very different from King’s (although it ends in tragedy, as King’s did), and in some ways more complex. I’d definitely encourage you to check out Spike Lee’s Malcolm X biopic, starring Denzel Washington in what is almost certainly his best performance. The movie itself is a masterpiece as well, one of the greatest biopics ever made. This movie is so important. It reminds us that Dr. King’s great work continues. Racism is an institutional evil, not just a personal one, and so long as that remains the case, that work can’t be finished.
Brian Harris
2023-01-13 12:44:16 +0000 UTCAs sad as it is, many people are still that way. The attitudes have just shifted not changed. If you want another good film try Ghosts of Mississippi. James Woods ( Hades from Hercules) was nominated for an Oscar. It was about Medger Evers and what happens. Not an easy watch but a good movie
GamerGal8684
2023-01-13 12:10:05 +0000 UTC"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King Jr
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2023-01-13 10:04:46 +0000 UTCMartin luther king has been my hero sense middle school I loved him so much he tought me alot about racism how hard it was to in that time. This shows not only how amazing he was but how human he was this had the power to speech that is a rare gift to have I mean this man stopped a riot from happening just by using his words. God bless Martin luther king ❤️❤️
MatthewBrown74m
2023-01-13 09:54:44 +0000 UTC
