The cast of the Golden Globe-nominated film "Selma," which tells the historical civil rights demonstrations led by Dr. Martin Luther King in the 1960s, gave advice and related the struggle 50 years ago to the protests over racial injustice currently occurring across the country.

The stars of the movie attended the red carpet and after party in New York celebrating the film's upcoming release wearing "I Can't Breathe" t-shirts on Sunday evening. Actor Wendell Pierce sported the slogan, the final words of Staten Island man Eric Garner who was killed after being put in a chokehold by NYPD officers, during the red carpet event, while David Oyelowo, who plays King in "Selma," and others including his co-star and director Ava DuVernay wore the statement-making clothes after the premiere party.

The group also displayed the hands-up-don't-shoot pose in several press photos, as did actor-producer Ruben Santiago-Hudson did while walking the red carpet.

Oprah Winfrey, who co-stars as well as produced the film told reporters Sunday that the struggle on-screen is strikingly similar to what is happening on U.S. streets today.

"It's one of the important stories of our history, and it's important not just for African American people, obviously, to know it, but it's important for our country," Winfrey said just before she watched the critically-acclaimed title for the sixth time.

"What brings me to tears and to my knees is when the actual footage is used at the end of the film, and you see...each person from different backgrounds, different races, taking care of each other in that 54-mile march. The fact that that can happen. And then you look out on the streets and some of the same thing is happening today. When they say, enough is enough. 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,' exactly as Dr. King said."

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