When the filmmakers behind “John Lewis: Good Trouble” were preparing for the release of the new documentary, there is no way they could have guessed how badly the world needed to hear the wisdom of the Civil Rights activist and politician at the center of the film. Sure, John Lewis is someone that has been revered for decades, as one of the most influential and admirable folks to come out of the Civil Rights era, but with the country protesting police brutality against Black people and other People of Color, ‘Good Trouble’ has arrived at a perfect time.

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Like any successful politician, John Lewis has a supply of anecdotes and applause lines to pull out whenever he is needed. And according to Dawn Porter’s documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” he is needed a lot. One of the go-to bits we hear in the movie involves a memory from his childhood on a farm where, as a deeply religious and studious boy, he would preach to the family chickens.

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There aren’t many figures in American political history quite like Representative John Lewis. From Civil Rights marches to a career as one of the most influential politicians to ever enter Washington DC, Lewis’ life finally gets the documentary treatment in the upcoming film, “John Lewis: Good Trouble.”

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As seen in the first trailer for the new documentary, the title of the film refers to Lewis’ insistence that people should get involved in “good trouble” if they notice something wrong in our political system.

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