John Lewis: Good Trouble

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John Lewis: Good Trouble

Using interviews and rare archival footage, JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. In addition to her interviews with Lewis and his family, Porter’s primarily cinéma verité film also includes interviews with political leaders, Congressional colleagues, and other people who figure prominently in his life.
PG
Genre
Documentary, Politics, Black History Month
Runtime
96
Language
English
Director
Dawn Porter
Cast
John Lewis
FEATURED REVIEW
Marc Bernardin, Entertainment Weekly

It’s easy to look at John Lewis: Good Trouble (theatrical/VOD, July 3) and be in awe of this statesman’s deeds, of what the octogenarian survived to advance civil rights in an America that fought him — and still fights him — at every turn. And it’s easy to be moved by the testimonials from Hilary ...

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