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The People Speak (2009)

The People Speak (2009)
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Inspired by Howard Zinn's bestseller A People's History of the United States and it's companion book Voices of a People's History of the United States this star studded documentary takes an unguarded look at our nation's decades-long struggle with the pressing issues of war, race, class, and women's rights. Viggo Mortenson, Danny Glover, Marisa Tomei, Matt Damon, and Kerry Washington, and other Hollywood stars stage impassioned readings of historical testimonies by the people who helped to shape our country's socio-political landscape, including Langston Hughes, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglas, and Bob Dylan. Additional actors assume the roles of labor leaders, civil rights demonstrators, abolitionists, and various other trailblazers who weren't afraid to speak out during some of the more turbulent periods in our nation's history. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Chris Moore, Howard Zinn, (more)
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Inspired by Howard Zinn's bestseller A People's History of the United States and it's companion book Voices of a People's History of the United States this star studded documentary takes an unguarded look at our nation's decades-long struggle with the pressing issues of war, race, class, and women's rights. Viggo Mortenson, Danny Glover, Marisa Tomei, Matt Damon, and Kerry Washington, and other Hollywood stars stage impassioned readings of historical testimonies by the people who helped to shape our country's socio-political landscape, including Langston Hughes, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglas, and Bob Dylan. Additional actors assume the roles of labor leaders, civil rights demonstrators, abolitionists, and various other trailblazers who weren't afraid to speak out during some of the more turbulent periods in our nation's history. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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    Director(s):
    Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, Howard Zinn
    Producer(s):
    Josh Brolin, Chris Moore, Matt Damon
    Categories:
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      Donald P.

      This is the history that is NOT being taught in our kid's classrooms. It is history told from the perspective of people with stories that have been swept into history's dustbin for far too long. Zinn's "People's History" is a vital supplement to traditional history that tells the story only from the perspective of the side that wins the war or from the perspective of the rich and powerful. The old saw is that the winner of the war gets to write the history of the struggle. Zinn tells the other side. Not right or wrong, just unspoken.

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      Alan G.

      The REAL story of the racist, war mongering acts of the most heinous society is portrayed here with utmost realism and passion. Not some fiction that could be dismissed by right wing cretins, this is History, however inconvenient. A must see for real Americans.

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      Keith G.

      Unique and powerful theatrical piece captured on film. A number of actors, musicians., etc. read writings and letters by the rebels of American history, like John Brown, and others showing some of the darker side, like Abraham Lincoln"s early determination NOT to free the slaves, along with the words of unknown people commenting on their times. Mixed with this are folk songs performed by Eddie Vedder, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and others. Moving and informative, this is not, "fair and balanced", nor does it pretend to be. The idea is to take a specific perspective on American history, from the time of the Declaration of Independence on, as a nation forged, and constantly changed by rabble rousers and revolutionaries, from Thomas Jefferson to Fredrick Douglas to Susan B. Anthony. Zinn and his approach is neither the first nor last word on American History, but it surely raises important questions, and teaches ideas that were certainly not part of my public school education.

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