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John Lewis: Get in the Way (2017)
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TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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John Lewis: Get in the Way (2017)

TV Movie | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History

John Lewis: Get in the Way is the first major documentary biography of John Lewis, civil rights hero, congressional leader and champion of human rights whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. Following a film festival ...See moreJohn Lewis: Get in the Way is the first major documentary biography of John Lewis, civil rights hero, congressional leader and champion of human rights whose unwavering fight for justice spans the past 50 years. Following a film festival launch, the documentary had its national PBS premiere as a highlight of Black History Month. Get in the Way takes audiences on the journey of a man who fights for social justice using a radical tool: nonviolent direct action. Born into an era of profound social change, the son of sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South, Lewis made choices early in his life that propelled him to a vital role in U.S. history. He was often at the center of crucial events in the Civil Rights Movement, a leader on the ground and at the front lines of some of the most chilling confrontations. In 1963, he became the youngest speaker at the historic March on Washington. Two years later, he led the Bloody Sunday March in Selma, where Alabama State Troopers attacked peaceful protesters with billy clubs, bullwhips and tear gas. Their horrific actions were broadcast on the nightly news to living rooms across the nation. Eight months later, the Voting Rights Act was signed in to law. Through never-before-seen interviews shot over 20 years, filmmaker Kathleen Dowdey shapes a gripping and intimate tale of personal voice and revelatory moments. Once an activist pushing from the outside, Lewis' career as a congressman has solidified his stature as a strategically agile activist making noise on the inside. Here is a riveting portrait of Lewis' journey of courage, searing disappointments and hard-won triumphs as over the decades he inspires others to stand up and get in the way. Written by Early Light Productions See less

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Name	Known for
Juanita Abernathy Self Self See fewer	Pilgrimage: John Lewis and the Civil Rights Movement (2021)
Bernard Lafayette Self (as Bernard LaFayette Jr.) Self (as Bernard LaFayette Jr.) See fewer	Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (2009)
John Lewis Self Self See fewer	John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
Eleanor Holmes Norton Self Self See fewer	Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989)
C.T. Vivian Self Self See fewer	Being Mary Jane (2013)
Andrew Young Self Self See fewer	Fandango at the Wall (2020)