Female Film Critics 24/375
“Barbara Lee speaks for me!” That’s the chant that resounds at Lee’s rallies. Her constituents in California’s 13th District, covering Berkeley and Oakland, support her because she supports them. As Van Jones says in this finely filmed biodoc, “She’s not a normal politician: she helps people who need help, not who can help her.”
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This documentary about Barbara Lee, the highest ranking Black woman in Congress, is so inspiring, I -expect a future President of the US to one day say she was motivated to run for office after watching it. Directed by Abby Ginzberg, the film features an eclectic group of celebrities, including Danny Glover, Van Jones, Alice Walker, and politicians from the late John Lewis to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cory Booker, all singing the praises of the California Congresswoman who has been fighting for racial and economic justice for more than two decades.
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I awoke last Saturday morning to the news that US Congressman, civil-rights activist, and absolute badass legend John Lewis had died. This is bad and sad for all the usual reasons, but also because we still need him. His work is not yet done — far from it. It’s all so damned tragic, and absolutely enraging.
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