2022 Nominees

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Production Company: CNN Films, Trilogy Films, AGC Studios, TIME Studios, JustFilms/Ford Foundation

Produced for: CNN

Executive Producer (Production Company): Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Dori Begley, Stuart Ford, Rachel Traub, Ian Orefice, Mike Beck

Executive Producer (network/platform): Amy Entelis, Courtney Sexton

Country or Territory where first released: USA

Synopsis:

"John Lewis: Good Trouble", directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dawn Porter, chronicles the life and career of the legendary civil rights activist and Democratic Representative from Georgia. Using interviews and a wealth of rare and never-before-seen archival footage (even to the congressman), the film chronicles John Robert 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, 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.