Howard Zinn, historian, civil rights activist and author died last year on January 27, 2010. He was 87 years old. Zinn was the author of “A People’s History of the United States,” written in 1980, which became a best seller that inspired a generation of high school and college students to rethink American history. To remember Zinn and celebrate his life and good works, community screenings of The People Speak documentary and public readings of Voices of a People’s History of the United Stages.
To read more about organizing a community screening of The People Speak documentary, visit
http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/.
To read more about hosting a reading of Voices of a People’s History of the United States, visit
http://www.peopleshistory.us/
Narrated by Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) and based on his best-selling books A People’s History of the United States and, with Anthony Arnove, Voices of a People’s History of the United States, the film uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of those who spoke up for social change throughout U.S. history.
The Los Angeles Times calls the film “Striking, exhilarating… the performances are thrilling.” The Boston Globe writes: “The documentary… works beautifully… Each passionate reading flows out of the previous one.”
The People Speak is produced by Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, and Howard Zinn, co-directed by Moore, Arnove and Zinn, and features dramatic and musical performances by Allison Moorer, Benjamin Bratt, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Robinson, Christina Kirk, Danny Glover, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, David Strathairn, Don Cheadle, Eddie Vedder, Harris Yulin, Jasmine Guy, John Legend, Josh Brolin, Kathleen Chalfant, Kerry Washington, Lupe Fiasco, Marisa Tomei, Martín Espada, Matt Damon, Michael Ealy, Mike O’Malley, Morgan Freeman, P!nk, Q’orianka Kilcher, Reg E. Cathey, Rich Robinson, Rosario Dawson, Sandra Oh, Sean Penn, Staceyann Chin, and Viggo Mortensen.
The soundtrack features new songs from The People Speak by Allison Moorer, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Exene Cervenka, Jackson Browne, John Doe, John Legend, Lupe Fiasco, P!nk, Randy Newman, Rich Robinson, and Taj Mahal.
To purchase the DVD of The People Speak (the extended version, with behind-the scenes footage and a making-of short), visit
http://shop.thepeoplespeak.com.
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