- The People Speak (film)
Infobox Film
name = The People Speak
director =Tony Sacco
producer =Howard Zinn Chris Moore
writer =Anthony Arnove
Howard Zinn
starring =Viggo Mortensen Matt Damon
music =Michael Friedman
cinematography =Alexandre Lehmann
editing =Jon Berry Yesenia Higuera
country =United States
language = English
website = http://thepeoplespeak.com/
imdb_id = 1156524"The People Speak" is a
2009 AmericanDocumentary film directed byTony Sacco . The documentary is inspired by Howard Zinn's book [A People’s History of the United States] and from the book he co-authored with Anthony Arnove, [Voices of a People’s History]Plot
The film brings together accomplished performers like Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Oh and Eddie Vedder, to re-create the emotional impact of moments in American history.These readings are woven together with historical footage, music and narrations from Ben Affleck and Howard Zinn.
Production
The film was shot on location in Boston and Malibu.
Scenes of the film were screened at the
Democratic National Convention in August 2008 and at theToronto International Film Festival in September 2008. [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/movies/06fest.html?ref=movies]Cast
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Viggo Mortensen
*Matt Damon
*Josh Brolin
*Sean Penn
*Marisa Tomei
*Kerry Washington
*David Strathairn
*Danny Glover
*Q'orianka Kilcher
*Michael Ealy
*Jasmine Guy
*Reg E. Cathey
*Harris Yulin
*John Legend
*Kathleen Chalfant
*Darryl McDaniels
*Howard Zinn
*Staceyann Chin
*Martín Espada References
External links
* [http://thepeoplespeak.com Official website]
*imdb title|id=1156524|title=The People Speak
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