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©2020
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1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2020
Using interviews and rare archival footage, this chronicles Lewis's 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 80 years old, it explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family, and his meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. It also includes interviews with political leaders, colleagues, and other people who figure prominently in his life
Wide screen (1.78:1)
Special features: extended interview with Elijah Cummings; extended interview with Hillary Clinton; extended interview with Stacey Abrams; extended interviews with The Squad; Sarah Lewis interviews John Lewis; additional scenes: airport exhibit, National Memorial for Peace and Justice; Q&A with Oprah Winfrey and John Lewis
Cinematography by Keith Walker ; music by Tamar-kali ; edited by Jessica Congdon
Interviewees: Stacey Abrams, Rep, Colin Allred, Ruth Berg, Sen. Cory Booker, Xernona Clayton, Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rep. James E. Clyburn, Michael Collins, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Eric Holder, Anthony Johnson, Brenda Jones, Bernard Lafayette, Jr., Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr., Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Ethel Lewis-Tyner, Rosa Lewis-Tyner, Henry Lewis, Rep. John Lewis, John Miles Lewis, Samuel Lewis, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rachelle O'Neil, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, Jamila Thompson, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Marc Veasey
MPAA rating: PG; for thematic material including some racial epithets/violence, and for smoking
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby Digital audio; color
English dialogue; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
Closed captioning in English