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The People Speak

  • 20092009
  • 1h 53m
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7.1/10
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The People Speak (2009)
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A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
618
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Anthony Arnove
    • Chris Moore
    • Howard Zinn
  • Writers
    • Anthony Arnove(book)
    • Howard Zinn(book)
  • Stars
    • Josh Brolin
    • Matt Damon
    • Marisa Tomei
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Anthony Arnove
    • Chris Moore
    • Howard Zinn
  • Writers
    • Anthony Arnove(book)
    • Howard Zinn(book)
  • Stars
    • Josh Brolin
    • Matt Damon
    • Marisa Tomei
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    • 3User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Chris Moore at an event for The People Speak (2009)
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    Josh Brolin and John Krasinski at an event for The People Speak (2009)
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    Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Viggo Mortensen at an event for The People Speak (2009)
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    Josh Brolin
    Josh Brolin
    • Selfas Self
    Matt Damon
    Matt Damon
    • Selfas Self
    Marisa Tomei
    Marisa Tomei
    • Selfas Self
    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Selfas Self
    Rosario Dawson
    Rosario Dawson
    • Selfas Self
    Viggo Mortensen
    Viggo Mortensen
    • Selfas Self
    Morgan Freeman
    Morgan Freeman
    • Selfas Self
    Sandra Oh
    Sandra Oh
    • Selfas Self
    Kerry Washington
    Kerry Washington
    • Selfas Self
    David Strathairn
    David Strathairn
    • Selfas Self
    Michael Ealy
    Michael Ealy
    • Selfas Self
    Benjamin Bratt
    Benjamin Bratt
    • Selfas Self
    Don Cheadle
    Don Cheadle
    • Selfas Self
    Q'orianka Kilcher
    Q'orianka Kilcher
    • Selfas Self
    Danny Glover
    Danny Glover
    • Selfas Self
    Harris Yulin
    Harris Yulin
    • Selfas Self
    Jasmine Guy
    Jasmine Guy
    • Selfas Self
    Reg E. Cathey
    Reg E. Cathey
    • Selfas Self
    • Directors
      • Anthony Arnove
      • Chris Moore
      • Howard Zinn
    • Writers
      • Anthony Arnove(book)
      • Howard Zinn(book)
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    A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
    • newspaper clipping
    • black american
    • reference to abbie hoffman
    • reference to cindy sheehan
    • child welfare
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      Howard Zinn: To live now, as human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.

    User reviews3

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    10/10
    The First Review, what a shame!!!
    Not one person even recommends this wonderful documentary by one of the United States most cherished historians. This seems to be a truly sad state of affairs.

    I first heard of Mr. Zinn, like many Non-US-Citizens (I'm Swiss/Algerian) through a plug by Matt Damon's character in "Good Will Hunting".

    After loving Gus van Sant's movie for almost 15 years and doing some research about Mr. Zinn I have now watched this movie and the Matt Damon-narrated "You Can't be Neutral on a Moving Train".

    All I can say to people around the world and especially Americans, "SEE IT". It's more than worth it, to see history with a different pair of eyes, different view-points and a healthy dose of hope for humanity.

    The words that are being spoken here are as true and relevant as they ever were. The passion by Mr. Damon, Viggo Mortensen, Morgan Freeman, Sean Penn, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Jasmin Guy and many others is clearly visible and audible.

    I truly hope this review will be useful to you :-) Because "if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory." Thank your Mr. Zinn for your words, thoughts, inspirations and to the many people involved in the making of this documentary.

    Serge Zehnder 10 February 2010.
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    • Feb 13, 2011

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    • Release date
      • December 13, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Production companies
      • Voices of a People's History of the US
      • Act 4 Entertainment
      • Artfire Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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