Windsor Locks, East Windsor Students Can See Movie 'Selma' For Free

By Barbara Heins (Patch Staff)

The #SelmaForStudents effort has come to Connecticut and starting Friday, Jan. 16 and continuing through Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students can see the movie Selma for free.

The limited, free admission program is being led by a team of African-American business leaders in New York, with organizations across the U.S. coordinating a massive national campaign to find African-American business leaders to underwrite free admission to the film Selma for students around the country, according to SelmaStudentTickets.com.

Because of the success in New York City where 27,000 students saw the movie, dozens of cities across the country, including Connecticut have been added to the program. With contributions from Connecticut donors, about 8,000 students around the state will receive free admission, according to an announcement from Stamford Public Schools.

Students need to show a school ID card or their report card for free admission,according to SelmaStudentTickets.com. Tickets are available while the supply lasts.

The program was expanded with generous donations from many of the country’s most prominent African-American business leaders, to allow more than 275,000 students nationwide to see the award-winning movie starring David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey and Carmen Ejogo.

Here are participating theaters in Connecticut, according to #SelmaForStudents:

• Bow Tie Cinemas Majestic 6 in Stamford
• Bow Tie Cinemas Plaza 3 in Greenwich
• Bow Tie Cinemas Royale 6 in Norwalk
• AMC Loews Danbury 16 in Danbury
• AMC Loews Plainville 20 in Plainville
• Cinema City 6 at The Palace in Hartford
• Cinemark Buckland Hills 18 + IMAX in Manchester
• Cinemark Connecticut Post 14 + IMAX in Millford
• Cinemark North Haven 12 in North Haven
• Showcase Cinemas Bridgeport in Bridgeport