I generally trust common sense media. They suggest it for 13 year olds.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/selma
What parents need to know
Positive messages
Reveals the triumphs and challenges of the civil rights movement and the importance of gathering a diverse community to fight institutional racism in the Jim Crow South. Shows how the civil rights workers put their lives and privacy at risk in the face of tremendous odds.
Positive role models
King isn't idealized here -- his flaws, including infidelity, are addressed. But there's no shortage of incredible role models among the civil rights leaders, including King and his wife; their friends Hosea Williams, Bayard Ruskin, and a young John Lewis; Diane Nash; James Bevel; and others who supported the cause of nonviolent protest and raised national consciousness about inequality in the South.
Violence
Southern whites terrorize the black marchers and potential voters -- attacking them with sticks, bats, guns, barbed stakes, and even whips. Selma police use tear gas and batons to viciously beat protestors until they're bloody and unable to walk. Angry segregationists blow up a church, killing four girls; they also beat a white clergyman to death. MLK and his friends refer to lynchings and the murders of Medgar Evars, Malcolm X, and Robert F. Kennedy.
Sex
A few kisses and embraces between couples. One scene in which Coretta listens to a recording of two people having sex, presumably to make her think it's her husband and a mistress. Coretta and Martin have a conversation about his infidelity.
Language
Infrequent (except for the racial slurs) use of words including "f--k," "s--," "bulls--t," "ass," and "goddamn." Much more frequent use of the "N" word, "nigras," "negroes," "coon," "white n----r," "bastard," and more.
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