Acting

Bernard LaFayette Jr.

Acting credits

John Lewis: Good Trouble poster
4.7

The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.

John Lewis: Good Trouble

2020

King in the Wilderness poster
7.0

A chronicle of the final chapters of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, revealing a conflicted leader who faced an onslaught of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum.

King in the Wilderness

2018

Freedom Riders poster
7.5

This is the story of more than four hundred Americans who participated in a bold and dangerous experiment designed to awaken the conscience of a complacent nation. These self-proclaimed, 'Freedom Riders' challenged the mores of a racially segregated society by performing a disarmingly simple act.

Freedom Riders

2010

Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton poster
NR

Dorothy Foreman Cotton was a bold and highly effective civil rights leader, who educated thousands about their citizenship rights and inspired generations of activists with her powerful freedom songs. The only woman on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s executive staff, Dorothy was a charismatic, courageous and consistently overlooked key player in the Civil Rights Movement, whose freedom schools, freedom songs and messages of empowerment are profoundly needed today.

Move When the Spirit Says Move: The Legacy of Dorothy Foreman Cotton

2023

When I Get Grown - Reflections of a Freedom Rider poster
NR

Trauma experienced by a seven-year-old sets him on a course to become a civil rights legend and change the course of a nation.

When I Get Grown - Reflections of a Freedom Rider

2022