Resentfulness, inspiration, sadness… Those feelings were mixed in my heart after watching the film, and I could hardly
tell. It reminded me of the lines in the book To Kill A Mockingbird: “You never really understand a person until you consider
things from his point of view…Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” I was just a person living in the
contemporary time, watching a period of the unfair past revealing in front of my eyes by means of a film, an entertaining tool.
I guess I could never share the similar feelings with those people, black men or white men, living in those days. But I admire
those who fight for equality, even lost their lives.
The plot was simple. The film focused on the event of marching from Selma to Montgomery, which was led by Martin
第一次去影院看政治性那么强的电影,好些单词没听懂,有些段落看得昏昏欲睡。电影没有拍马丁·路德·金最著名的演讲。影片重点讲述从塞尔玛到蒙哥马利的三次游行运动与金不断向总统施压要求发起议案改变黑人无投票权的现状。影片还穿插了金的信仰,他的坚定与犹豫退缩,以及他婚姻生活的污点。
第一次游行金没有参与,游行者在通过埃德蒙德·佩图斯大桥时遭遇警察的暴力驱赶,暴行一经媒体报道,举国哗然。金更是号召更多人参与第二次游行,有不少白人从全国各地赶来声援。第二次游行声势浩大,桥另一端的警察也表示了退让。然后出现了我最为不解的一幕——金跪下祷告,然后转身向后走去,游行不了了之。事后,金对此的解释是:一、他不明确警察这样做的目的什么,也许是个陷阱。二、他们没有携带足以走完游行的食物和装备。有位白人牧师说,金跪下祷告,从上帝那里得到启示,然后遵从了启示。这段话,若是放在以前,大概是听了就罢。但是和基督徒们交往的经历,让我能够认同这样的选择,并有一些感悟。最后一次,他们争取到法院判决——游行合法
“塞尔玛”美国梦的美丽与哀愁
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