There are many good parts in this movie, mostly those dealing with Lewis's career in civil rights, but also scenes with his brothers and sisters talking about the effects of his activism on his family.
There is also too much filler, political figures like Pelosi and Hillary Clinton talking about Lewis's influence on them. Who cares?
If this movie had been reduced to 60 minutes, rather than the 90 of its current length, it could have been one very impressive documentary. I know it's hard to cut footage, but what this movie desperately needs is an objective editor.
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020
Action / Documentary
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020
Action / Documentary
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.
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Great moment, and fluff
could have been great
This is a premier Ciivil rights leader that everyone needs to know his story.
Unfortunately, the documentary is loaded with lots of cheerleading and political colleagues, which diminish his story and the documentary overall. It feels rushed. The good - after halfway John steps inside his house and gives voice to his art, from this point on it begins to have some depth. I wished they would have interviewed his secretary or gone indepth with some of the bills he worked on instead of the fluff sections.
Essential!
If you're an imbecile who supports the for profit propagation of racism that is. This sort of garbage has no place in the 21st century. Get over yourself already and do something truly positive in society for once in your life FFS. Fail.