Watch: Common & John Legend Debut Official Video for Selma’s “Glory”

Common and John Legend have premiered the official music video for their award-winning protest anthem “ Glory .”

The visual blends riveting scenes from Ava DuVernay ‘s Selma with Common and John performing the song alone on stage.

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“Glory” took home the 2015 Golden Globe for Best Original Song on Sunday, January 11, 2015.

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Based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, the historical drama premiered at the American Film Institute Festival on November 11, 2014.

The film was given a limited U.S. release on December 25, 2014, and expanded into wide theatrical release on January 9, 2015. It has so far earned $14.4 million at the box office.

In addition to Best Song, Selma had three Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor.

Common co-stars in Selma as James Bevel alongside David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. , Carmen Ejogo as Coretta Scott King , Tim Roth as George Wallace , Lorraine Toussaint as Amelia Boynton Robinson , Giovanni Ribisi as Lee C. White , Omar Dorsey as James Orange , Andre Holland as Andrew Young, Niecy Nash as Richie Jean Jackson , Colman Domingo as Ralph Abernathy , Wendell Pierce as Hosea Williams , Tessa Thompson as Diane Nash , Keith Stanfield as Jimmie Lee Jackson , Stephan James as John Lewis , Alessandro Nivola as John Doar , Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Fred Gray , Tom Wilkinson as Lyndon B. Johnson , and Oprah Winfrey as Annie Lee Cooper .

Co-produced by Plan B Entertainment, Cloud Eight Films and Harpo Productions, Selma is distributed in the United States and Canada by Paramount Pictures.

Enjoy the video for “ Glory” above and see Selma in theaters nationwide.

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