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 pr... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Austin ChronicleSteve DavisDirector Porter has done an excellent job assembling archival footage and interviews to tell Lewis’ story; she has the markings of a great storyteller. |
| Entertainment WeeklyMarc BernardinJohn Lewis: Good Trouble is absolutely inspiring — but it stops a bit short of being illuminating. |
| IndieWireEric KohnLewis was fighting for America’s future long before any recent conflicts, and the documentary makes a welcome case for keeping hope alive. |
| Slant MagazineMark JenkinsThe film is well-outfitted with telling, thematically rich shards of historical information. |
| TheWrapSteve PondThe man is certainly worthy of this kind of celebration, and it’s hard to imagine that anybody who watches the movie won’t agree with Ava DuVernay’s push to rename that bridge. |
| Boston GlobeMark FeeneyJohn Lewis: Good Trouble isn’t a great film, but it has a great subject — and excellent timing. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA rambling documentary that freely moves back and forth through time but maintains interest and cohesion by virtue of its subject. The more you watch Lewis, the more fascinating he gets. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchKatie WalshPorter’s film is a warm biography and depiction of Lewis’ life, but there are moments where one wishes it had a bit more bite. |
| CNNBrian LowryLewis -- who is battling pancreatic cancer -- was not much more than a kid when he marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and has seemingly lived three lives since then. That's why despite the documentary's uneven aspects, his legacy is ample motivation for any student of history to see Good Trouble as a good investment. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreIt’s an adoring portrait, covering Lewis’s early life (he started wearing a tie in elementary school, and has never stopped) and the breadth of his career, letting him tell the folksy story of “the boy from Troy, Alabama” to crowds of fans and peers. |
