Join us for a screening of Howard Zinn's final project, the movie version of his "Voices of a People's History" tour:
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Thursday * April 29 * 7:30PM
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UMass Campus Center Room 163
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You are invited to a special screening of
THE PEOPLE SPEAK
the documentary feature film produced by Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove, and Howard Zinn, about the radical traditions that have forged U.S. history.
Narrated by the late, acclaimed historian Howard Zinn, and based on his best selling books, A People's History of the United States and, with Anthony Arnove, Voices of A People's History, the film uses dramatic the letters, diaries, speeches, and music of everyday Americans who fought for equality and justice from the bottom up.This film, which includes 20 minutes of never-before aired footage, is 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, Martín Espada, Matt Damon, Michael Ealy, Mike O'Malley, Morgan Freeman, P!nk, Q'orianka Kilcher, Reg E. Cathey, Rich Robinson, Rosario Dawson, Sandra Oh, Sean Penn, Staceyann Chin, and Viggo Mortensen.
The Los Angeles Times called THE PEOPLE SPEAK "striking, exhilarating...the performances are thrilling" and The Boston Globe said: "The documentary...works beautifully. Each passionate reading flows out of the previous one."
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Admission is $5, $10 as a solidarity price. All proceeds will go towards registration and travel costs for local activists attending Socialism 2010. This national film tour going on throughout April is sponsored by the International Socialist Organization.
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Proceeds benefit the Socialism 2010 Conferences, on June 17-20 in Chicago and July 1-4 in Oakland, Calif.
