Documentary, Howard Zinn, 'A People's History of the U.S.' Part 1: Bread and Roses

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Film Summary. With the tremendous success of his book, A People's History of the United States (1980), Howard Zinn radically changed the way Americans see themselves. His friend Noam Chomsky says that Zinn litteraly transformed a generation's conscience. Zinn talks about those who have no voice in the official History: Slaves, Indians, deserters, textile workers, union men. On two occasions in Paris and Boston we were lucky enough to meet and film him. Towards the end of his life, Howard Zinn said, ''I want to be remembered as someone who enabled people to experience hope and power something they never did before.'' That is exactly the reason why we want to make this film. (2016). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7543282/ Howard Zinn, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn

[Sucha NastyWoman]

1. I had no idea there was a movie from the book!

Thanks for posting this!

[appalachiablue]

5. Nor did I until I just saw the 1st part of the film, 'Bread & Roses'

on the schedule of the Free Speech TV Channel online, Dish, etc. The film was produced in 2016. I want to catch the rest of it. https://freespeech.org/

Zinn's film is probably also available on this huge resource, 'Films for Action' Website, https://www.filmsforaction.org/

[pecosbob]

2. Zinn's book should be required reading in every American school

Howard Zinn's work continues through The Zinn Education Project ...

https://www.teachingforchange.org/zinnedproject

[yonder]

4. I'll second that!

It is so different than the sanitized accounts many, if not most, of us were force fed growing up.

It should be an American history standard textbook.

[burrowowl]

6. I third that!

It should be an American history standard textbook.

[yonder]

7. Motion carries. How do we make it so?

[silverweb]

3. An incredible book.

My daughter was assigned this to read one summer in high school. She never read it, but I read it twice. It was hard to learn all the terrible history we never heard of in school.

I haven't seen the movie, but it's on my watch list. I'm just not sure I can handle it right now, with everything else going on.