John Lewis Doc Plans Juneteenth Tulsa Screenings as Trump Rally Counter-Programming (EXCLUSIVE)

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading Black U.S. congressman John Lewis has joined “Ahimsa – Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless,” the upcoming documentary on non-violent political struggle.The film was produced to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth and tackles issues including race relations, the under-trodden members of society, and restoration of human rights.

increasingly popular petition seeking to have the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, renamed after Rep. John Lewis, who marched across it more than 50 years ago in a landmark moment for the civil rights movement.It would be a fitting testament to the man's legacy, which began before that Bloody Sunday on the bridge, marching alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and continues to this today through his work in Congress.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterJohn Lewis has always been fighting for civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. He’s been doing it for over 60 years so to say that his narrative is relevant more now than ever is a wild understatement.In the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble, director Dawn Porter (Trapped, Gideon’s Army) chronicles Lewis’s life via interviews with the 80-year-old advocate who is just as active now as he was 60 years ago.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaTop Broadway talent will join forces to create new works that will be featured in a one-night only event to benefit civil rights organizations.The event, dubbed #WhileWeBreathe: A Night of Creative Protest, is the brainchild of two producers Brian Moreland (“Lifespan of a Fact,” “Blue”) and Arvind Ethan David (“Jagged Little Pill”), and comes as many members of the theater community are looking for ways to get involved at a time when the killings of

coronavirus lockdown in March this year. But shoppers in Glasgow and Edinburgh will be able to visit John Lewis once again as the company earmarks July 13 for the reopening of both stores.

Mirror Money."As difficult as it is, it is highly unlikely we will reopen all our John Lewis stores.

Getting into “good trouble” is a guiding principle for John Lewis. It's not only OK, but necessary to enact and inspire meaningful change.

tweeted DuVernay of naming the bridge for Lewis rather than Pettus, a senior officer in the Confederate army who later became a grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.And the petition about the bridge is just one of many ways in which “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” which opens this week on VOD and in some theaters, is of-the-moment.

Tomris Laffly With an overdue reckoning on racism happening nationwide thanks to the renewed #BlackLivesMatter movement, it’s hard to imagine someone whose legacy would warrant a more urgent cinematic tribute than John Lewis, a true American civil rights icon. Currently serving his 17th term as a member of Congress, the 80-year-old U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles,” a documentary about one Isreali chef’s attempts to recreate some of the French Monarchy’s most delicious desserts.The film is the latest work from Laura Gabbert, who previously teamed with IFC Films on “City of Gold,” a look at the late food critic Jonathan Gold and his connection to the culinary scene of Los Angeles.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaImagine if “Jurassic Park” or “Jaws” hadn’t unfolded on the big screen. If, instead of reveling in cinematic carnage, audiences might have experienced the bloodletting of these dinosaurs and giant sharks from the relative safety of their earbuds.At least, that’s the latest idea from Cadence13, a podcast company that counts Goop and Crooked Media among its partners.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIt’s safe to say that the 2020 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival won’t be like any of the 44 ones that preceded it. We are living in the age of the coronavirus, after all.Because of this new pandemic reality, this year’s TIFF will be a hybrid of physical screenings and virtual events.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films is acquiring North American rights to “No Man’s Land,” a modern-day Western set along the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNetflix is negotiating a deal to acquire domestic rights to Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” from Paramount Pictures and Cross Creek Pictures, Variety has learned.The film follows the Chicago Seven, a group of seven activists who were charged by the federal government with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges stemming from anti-Vietnam War protests that broke out during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

To celebrate Juneteenth, the companies behind upcoming documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble — Participant, Color Farm Media and Magnolia — have launched a voting rights campaign designed to educate and encourage civic participation among audiences. The Good Trouble campaign will provide opportunities to support voting rights, learn about voter suppression, participate in civic engagement and register voters.

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.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Theatres, the world’s largest exhibitor, has unveiled plans to re-open after coronavirus forced it to close its more than 600 venues in the U.S. for nearly four months.The company is expected to resume operations in 450 of those locations on July 15 and expects to be almost fully operational by the time that “Mulan” debuts on July 24 and “Tenet” bows on July 31.