Selma actor David Oyelowo and director say the film was snubbed by Academy voters after the cast and crew protested . Garner was a victim of who died after a cop placed him in a chokehold in 2014.Oyelowo, who played Martin Luther King Jr., recently told that members of threatened to shut out Selma from after the cast and crew wore T-shirts with Garner’s last words, "I Can’t Breathe," to the movie’s premiere in New York City.
This interview was published amid nationwide protests over the death of , , and countless other victims of police violence and systemic racism."Six years ago, Selma coincided with Eric Garner being murdered," Oyelowo said. “That was the last time we were in a place of ‘I Can’t Breathe.’ I remember at the premiere of.
Read more on glamour.com