The people speak
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LC Subjects
Dissenters -- United States.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Political ballads and songs -- United States.
Protest literature, American.
Protest poetry, American.
Social change -- United States.
Television programs.
United States -- History.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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Published
[New York] : A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, [2010].
Language
English
UPC
733961211948

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Documentary.
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Title from container.
General Note
Originally broadcast on television in 2009.
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Inspired by the book "A people's history of the United States" by Howard Zinn and "Voices of a people's history of the United States" edited with Anthony Arnove.
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Special features: Behind-the-scenes at the Cutler Majestic Theatre; celebrity interviews.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Howard Zinn ; dramatic and musical performers: 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, Martín 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 Pen, Staceyann Chin, Van Dyke Parks, Viggo Mortensen.
Description
A look at social change throughout history, as seen through the music, poetry, 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, along with unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never featured in high school textbooks. 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.
System Details
DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language
Closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Damon, M., Brolin, J., Moore, C., Arnove, A., Zinn, H., Moorer, A., Bratt, B., Dylan, B., Springsteen, B., Robinson, C., Kirk, C., Glover, D., DMC (Musician)., Strathairn, D., Cheadle, D., Vedder, E., Yulin, H., Guy, J., Legend, J., Chalfant, K., Washington, K., Fiasco, L., Tomei, M., Espada, M., Ealy, M., O'Malley, M., Freeman, M., P!nk., Kilcher, Q., Cathey, R. E., Robinson, R., Dawson, R., Cooder, R., Oh, S., Penn, S., Chin, S., Parks, V. D., & Mortensen, V. (2010). The people speak . A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Matt. Damon et al.. 2010. The People Speak. A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Matt. Damon et al.. The People Speak A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Damon, Matt., et al. The People Speak A & E Television Networks : Distributed by New Video, 2010.

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