John Lewis: Good Trouble

John Lewis: Good Trouble is a 2020 documentary film that chronicles the life and career of John Lewis, a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement and a long-serving U.S. Congressman. The film highlights Lewis's early activism, including his role as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and his participation in key events like the 1963 March on Washington and the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march. This latter event, known as "Bloody Sunday," where Lewis and other peaceful demonstrators faced violent suppression on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, was instrumental in galvanizing support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The documentary also explores Lewis's subsequent career in politics, serving on the Atlanta city council and later as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives until his death in 2020. Lewis was widely regarded as the "conscience of Congress".12