John Lewis: Good Trouble
Rating: 6.5 Plot Summary:
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 79 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.
Director: Dawn Porter
Running time: 1h 36min
Genre: Documentary
Release date: 3 July 2020 (USA)
Cast: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, John Lewis, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Malcolm X, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King
