Happy Monday!
Last night, I was invited by Lisa Price and Carol’s Daughter to a screening of Ava DuVernay’s new movie, Selma.

Starring Oprah Winfrey, Common, Cuba Gooding Junior, and newcomer David Oyelowo, the movie is a biopic about Martin Luther King, Jr., and focuses on his Civil Rights activism, specifically his marches in Selma, Alabama. Poignant, powerful, and timely, the movie shows how far we’ve come, yet how far we still have to go. The similarities between the 1960’s, where blacks were killed with no consequence, to now, are frankly, alarming. The movie was eye opening, but shows that there is power in people galvanizing together to create change. We have the power!

At any rate, Carol’s Daughter founder Lisa Price invited a slew of fashionable gals to view the screening as well, including Cosmo’s Shiona Turini, Teen Vogue’s Elaine Welteroth, Glamour’s Rajni Jacques, and my fellow blogger boo, Karen from Where did U Get That.

After the screening, we hopped by the after party at the New York Public Library. Though I hoped to catch a snap with Lady O, she was nowhere to be found, though I did grab pix with Common, Tessa Thompson (who plays Diane Nash in the film and wore a gorgeous Rodarte dress), Cuba Gooding Junior, and the fabulous Tia Mowry-Hardrict (she was wearing Stone Cold Fox):

For the occasion, I wore a BCBG Jaxon Tiered fringed jacket with my white Victoria’s Secret pencil skirt.

I wore my Borsalino hat because my hair is a mess…! LOL. And I’m sure you’re relieved I wore a coat, namely my Theory Cassius topper. I completed with Christian Louboutin So Kate’s and Berkshire sheer hose in Tan de Sol.

I couldn’t urge you more to go see Selma. Like 12 Years a Slave, it documents a very painful period in American history, but knowing and reflecting on the past is imperative to understanding today, and advocating for a better future.
Selma hits theaters January 9th, 2015. Mark your calendars and support!

*See a few official pictures from the red carpet below:

David Oyelowo, who plays Martin Luther King, Jr. in the film

Carmen Ejogo, who plays Coretta Scott King

Wendell Pierce, who plays Reverend Hosea Williams.

Trai Byers, who plays James Forman.

Common looking FINE. He plays James Bevel.

Cuba Gooding Junior, who plays Fred Gray.

Niecy Nash, who plays Richie Jean Jackson.

Selma Film Director and Executive Producer, Ava DuVernay

Aretha Franklin

Tia Mowry-Hardrict

Mother Oprah

Gayle King

Lisa Price

Tyler Perry

Images: My Iphone and Karl Pierre