The people speak
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Dissenters -- United States.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction 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 :, [2010].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1422974596, 9781422974599
UPC
0733961211948, 733961211948

Notes

General Note
Originally broadcast on television in 2009 for History.
General Note
Documentary.
General Note
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.
General Note
Special features: Behind-the-scenes at the Cutler Majestic Theatre; celebrity interviews.
Creation/Production Credits
Narrated by Howard Zinn ; music, David Baerwald ; director of photography, Tony Sacco ; editors, Yesenia Higuera Jon Berry.
Participants/Performers
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; NTSC, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Abrams, D., Katz, A., Spigel, A., 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., Damon, M., Brolin, J., Moore, C., & Zinn, H. (2010). The people speak . A & E Television Networks :.

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

Dan, Abrams et al.. 2010. The People Speak. [New York]: A & E Television Networks.

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

Dan, Abrams et al.. The People Speak [New York]: A & E Television Networks, 2010.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Abrams, D., Katz, A., Spigel, A., Arnove, A., Zinn, H., Moorer, A. and Bratt, B. et al (2010). The people speak. [New York]: A & E Television Networks.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Abrams, Dan,, et al. The People Speak A & E Television Networks :, 2010.

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