Maker of the film Paramount Pictures released first look trailer and poster for Martin Luther King, Jr biopic 'Selma', Which is directed by 'Middle of Nowhere' fame director Ava DuVernay.

The film is based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr, which led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a landmark achievement of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement.

David Oyelowo stars as Dr. King alongside Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Andre Holland, Omar J. Dorsey, Tessa Thompson, Tim Roth, Wendell Pierce, and Colman Domingo.

Selma is out in the US on Decmber 25th, and in Ireland and the UK on February 6th.