Citizens eager to see SELMA the movie won’t have to wait much longer.

Details concerning the film’s free showings at the Walton Theater in downtown Selma have been finalized, according to Selma Mayor George Evans.

“The movie is free,” Evans said. “But even though it’s free, [the public] still needs to sign up for what session they want to come to.”

Tickets will be given out in advance and there are approximately 260 tickets per showing according to Evans.

On Wednesday and Thursday between the hours of 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m., tickets can be picked up at the Walton.

“They can come in there and sign their name and get at least two tickets per person. Tickets will be presented to them on a first come first serve basis,” Evans said. “Once all the tickets have been issued for that particular session, they’ll have to take another session.”

The movie showtimes will be Friday and Saturday at 4:15 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Sunday the movie will be shown at 1:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m. and 7 p.m. A special showing for senior citizens will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

“We’re setting away that time for seniors,” Evans said. “We would like for all seniors, if they would, to come on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. They can come any other time they want to, but we just want to designate that [showing] for seniors.”

Evans said concessions will be available during each showing, and the public is advised to be on time for the movie.

“The movies will start at those times,” Evans said. “We will not let anyone in after ten minutes. We will be expecting people to come in and conduct themselves in a manner that’s very polite and nice.”

Evans said there is a red carpet viewing in the works, tentatively set for Sunday, Jan. 18.

Everything has not been worked out yet, but he is hoping for a big showing at the red carpet.

Evans said he is excited for the community to see the movie.

“We hope that they’ll take away that, that was then and this is now,” Evans said. “What happened then is part of the growing pains that we go through in history, and as a result of that history we have come a long way. We still have a ways to go, we have not made it, but the point is that during that time Selma made a change for the world.”