John Lewis: Good Trouble
Release Date: 2020-07-03
Runtime: 98 min
Genre(s): documentary
Director: Dawn Porter
Producer(s): Ben Arnon, Dawn Porter, Erika Alexander, Laura Michalchyshyn
Production Country: United States of America
Original Language: English
Overview:
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.
Cast:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Anthony Johnson, Ayanna Pressley, Barack Obama, Bernard LaFayette Jr., Beto O’Rourke, Bill Clinton, Brenda Jones, Colin Allred, Cory Booker, Diane Nash, Elijah Cummings, Eric Holder, Ethel Lewis-Tyner, George W. Bush, Henry Lewis, Henry Louis Gates, Hillary Clinton, Ilhan Omar, James Clyburn, James M. Lawson Jr., James Sensenbrenner, Jamila Thompson, John Lewis, John Miles Lewis, Jr., Julian Bond, Lyndon B. Johnson, Malcolm X, Marc Veasey, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Collins, Nancy Pelosi, Rachelle DeAnne O’Neil, Rashida Tlaib, Robert F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Rosa Lewis-Tyner, Ruth Berg, Samuel Lewis, Sheila Jackson Lee, Stacey Abrams, Xernona Clayton
Crew:
Dawn Porter (Producer), Dawn Porter (Director), Laura Michalchyshyn (Producer), Ben Arnon (Producer), Patrick de Visscher (Associate Producer), Katy Barksdale (Co-Producer), Courtney Sexton (Executive Producer), Amy Entelis (Executive Producer), Diane Weyermann (Executive Producer), Jessica Congdon (Editor), Dori Begley (Executive Producer), Jeff Skoll (Executive Producer), Rachel Traub (Executive Producer), Tamar-kali (Original Music Composer), Erika Alexander (Producer), Stuart Ford (Executive Producer)