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Credits

Directed by Howard Zinn.

Performer

Narrator, Howard Zinn ; dramatic and musical performers: Benjamin Bratt, Josh Brolin, Reg E. Cathey, Kathleen Chalfant, Don Cheadle, Staceyann Chin, Ry Cooder, Matt Damon, Rosario Dawson, Bob Dylan, Michael Ealy, Martín Espada, Lupe Fiasco, Morgan Freeman, Danny Glover, Jasmine Guy, Q'orianka Kilcher, Christina Kirk, John Legend, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Allison Moorer, Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Oh, Mike O'Malley, Van Dyke Parks, Sean Penn, P!nk, Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson, Bruce Springsteen, David Strathairn, Marisa Tomei, Eddie Vedder, Kerry Washington, Harris Yulin.

Summary

The People Speak is a beautiful and moving documentary film inspired by Howard Zinn's books A People's History of the United States-one of the best-selling history books in the United States-and Voices of a People's History of the United States, the primary-source companion to A People's History of the United States, edited with Anthony Arnove. The film features the actual words (in letters, songs, poems, speeches, and manifestos) of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past-and present-including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, and unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never featured in high school textbooks. These dramatic moments from our history are brought to life by a group of remarkable musicians and actors. Like Howard Zinn's work as a whole, The People Speak celebrates the extraordinary possibilities for creating social change that ordinary people have realized throughout the course of our nation's rich but often ignored history of dissent and protest. 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, Mart̕n Espada, Matt Damon, Michael Ealy, Mike O'Malley, Morgan Freeman, P!nk, Q'orianka Kilcher, Reg E. Cathey, Rich Robinson, Rosario Dawson, Ry Cooder, Sandra Oh, Sean Penn, Staceyann Chin, Van Dyke Parks, and Viggo Mortensen. Narrated by Howard Zinn. Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was a historian, playwright, and activist. He wrote the classic A People's History of the United States, which has sold more than 2.6 million copies.

Audience

Not rated.

System Details

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject

Social change -- United States.

Dissenters -- United States.

United States -- History.

Protest literature, American.

Protest poetry, American.

Political ballads and songs -- United States.

Added Author

Moore, Chris (Film producer),

Arnove, Anthony, 1969-

Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010,

Abrams, Dan. (Producer),

Sacco, Tony,

Baerwald, David,

Higuera, Yesenia,

Berry, Jon,

Bratt, Benjamin, 1963-

Brolin, Josh,

Cathey, Reg E. (Actor),

Chalfant, Kathleen, 1945-

Cheadle, Don,

Chin, Staceyann, 1972-

Cooder, Ry,

Damon, Matt,

Dawson, Rosario,

Dylan, Bob, 1941-

Ealy, Michael,

Espada, Martín, 1957-

Fiasco, Lupe,

Freeman, Morgan,

Glover, Danny,

Guy, Jasmine,

Kilcher, Q'Orianka,

Kirk, Christina (Actor),

Legend, John,

DMC (Musician),

Morrer, Allison.,

Mortensen, Viggo, 1958-

Oh, Sandra, 1971-

O'Malley, Mike, 1966-

Parks, Van Dyke,

Penn, Sean, 1960-

P!nk, 1979-

Robinson, Chris, 1938-

Robinson, Rich, 1969-

Springsteen, Bruce,

Strathairn, David,

Tomei, Marisa,

Vedder, Eddie,

Washington, Kerry, 1977-

Yulin, Harris,

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010. People's history of the United States.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010. Voices of a people's history of the United States.

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hoopla (Digital media service)

Music No.

MWT12147794