FILM SCREENINGS

The People Speak

2008. USA. Directed by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove, Chris Moore. With John Legend, Matt Damon, Rosario Dawson, Benjamin Bratt, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Josh Brolin, Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Oh, Eddie Vedder, and others. The People Speak is inspired by Zinn's books A People's History of the United States and (co-authored with Anthony Arnove) Voices of a People's History of the United States. Examples of resistance to social injustice throughout U.S. history inspire viewers to recognize the power of ordinary people to enact momentous change. Lesser-known activists are represented alongside icons like Martin Luther King and Harriet Tubman in this stirring record of civil disobedience as a defining characteristic of American political life. Special thanks to Alternative, SEIU, and SohoMuse. 90 min.