VIDEO: Director Ava DuVernay speaks on timeliness of 'Selma'

Coming to theaters in January, the movie 'Selma.'

It is the the story of the tumultuous march in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a campaign for equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition.

Ava DuVernay is the director and she just became the first black female to be nominated for a Golden Globe for directing.

She stopped by Action News to speak with Alicia Vitarelli.

DuVernay says the timing on the release of this film could not be more powerful in the wake of the protests in Ferguson.

VIDEO: Ava DuVernay interview