From the article: Califano contends that Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed new film — covering events that transpired, by the way, before Califano took that position in the Johnson White House — takes dramatic, trumped-up license with a true story that didn’t need any embellishment to work as a big-screen historical drama. He contends that the film’s central conflict, between an LBJ who asks for patience on the voting rights issue while he pursues other agendas and an MLK who will not wait, does not jibe with the historical record, and attempts to shame the filmmakers for feel[ing] no obligation to check the facts and fill[ing] the screen with falsehoods. (In fact, Selma was LBJ’s idea, Califano writes ...)
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:26:18 +0000
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