Barack Obama to host Selma screening at White House

U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting a screening of Selma Friday at the White House on Friday. This comes one day after the Academy Awards snubbed the film about Martin Luther King Jr., and the Alabama civil rights march in 1965, in some key categories. While the film is nominated for best picture and best song, it failed to secure nominations for director Ava DuVernay and lead actor David Oyelowo. The White House has been planning the Selma screening for a while, and the event is designed