Bill Clinton: ‘Go see the movie “Selma”‘

Add former President Clinton to the list of “Selma” fans.

The ex-commander in chief says he stood up and cheered when he watched one part of the Academy Award-nominated film about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1965 voting rights march.

{mosads}“You know it wasn’t like I didn’t live through it,” Clinton, 68, said at a Saturday awards dinner held by the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, according to The Daily Beast.

“I swear [it was] just like the first time. And, when they went across the bridge the second time, I stood up and started cheering all by myself and I roared like it was a surprise.”

Clinton urged the audience to get to a theater, telling the crowd, “If you haven’t yet, go see the movie ‘Selma,’” saying, “and you will see the enormous pressures imposed on the King family and friends.”

Several lawmakers have embraced the historical drama, which many critics said was snubbed from nominations in several top Oscar categories for the 2015 Oscars.

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), portrayed in the film by actor Stephan James, has called the film “long overdue.”

Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), a native of Selma whose district includes the city, has said she was “excited” for the her hometown’s story to hit the big screen.

“I thought that it’s a long time coming for the critical part that Selma played in the civil rights and voting rights movement to be documented in this way,” she told local website Al.com. “So I’m excited about it. I’m excited that others will see it as well.”