Howard Zinn
Nacimiento : 1922-08-24, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Muerte : 2010-01-27
Historia
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist. He specialized in the labor history of the United States in the 20th century. In his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books, which included his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights, civil liberties and anti-war movements. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work.
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Himself
The Berrigan Brothers, Daniel and Philip were Catholic priests dedicated to non violent resistance of the violent policies of the United States government. They rose to prominence as outspoken opponents of the Vietnam War.
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This documentary fulfills a unique niche by taking a non-partisan, unbiased approach to the history of Liberalism and Conservatism in the United States. The film starts at the foundation of the country and continues though the 2006 election. Scholars, authors, historians and partisan activists are used not only to tell the history of each movement, but also to show how the meaning of each term has changed over time. Modern Conservatism is depicted as arising from opposition to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, becoming a national movement in the 1960's and reaching its apex with Ronald Reagan. Modern Liberalism has its roots in the progressive era of the 1890's becoming dominant with the New Deal, and losing influence with the perceived failures of the "Great Society programs" and Vietnam war policies of Lyndon Johnson.
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Between 1900 and 1920 more than 14 million immigrants arrived in the US, like Howard Zinn's parents. They came fleeing poverty or war, or racism, or religious persecution. They dreamed of a promised land, of wealth, or simply of a better life.
THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH is the first in a three-part documentary series entitled 'Creating Freedom' exploring the relationship between freedom, power and control in Western democracies. The series draws together interviews with some of the world's leading intellectuals, journalists and activists to offer an alternative perspective on today's society and the future we're creating. We do not choose to exist, or the environment we grow up in. Our starting point in life is one of passive reliance on forces over which we have no control. THE LOTTERY OF BIRTH shows that from birth onwards our minds are a battleground of competing forces: familial, educational, cultural, and professional. The outcome of this battle not only determines who we become, but the society that we create.
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I AM es una película de no ficción absolutamente entretenida y entretenida que plantea dos preguntas prácticas y provocativas: ¿qué le pasa a nuestro mundo y qué podemos hacer para mejorarlo? El realizador de la investigación es Tom Shadyac, uno de los profesionales de la comedia más importantes de Hollywood y la fuerza creativa detrás de éxitos como "Ace Ventura", "Mentiroso mentiroso", "El profesor chiflado" y "Bruce Todopoderoso". Sin embargo, en YO SOY Shadyac se para frente a la cámara para contar lo que le sucedió después de que un accidente en bicicleta lo dejó incapacitado, posiblemente para siempre. Aunque finalmente se recuperó, emergió con un nuevo sentido de propósito, decidido a compartir su propio despertar a su vida anterior de exceso y codicia, e investigar cómo él, como individuo, y nosotros como raza, podríamos mejorar la forma en que vivimos. y caminar en el mundo
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Organizado por Woody Harrelson, actor y activista dos veces nominado al Oscar, Ethos levanta la tapa de una caja de Pandora de problemas sistémicos que garantizan el fracaso en casi todos los aspectos de nuestras vidas; del medio ambiente a la democracia y nuestra propia libertad personal: desde terribles conflictos de intereses en la política hasta el poder corporativo no regulado, a un medio en manos de conglomerados masivos, y un complejo industrial militar que prácticamente posee nuestros representantes. Con entrevistas de algunos de los principales pensadores actuales y material fuente de los mejores realizadores de documentales de nuestro tiempo, Ethos examina y desenreda estas relaciones complejas, y ofrece una solución, ¡una manera simple pero poderosa de cambiar este sistema!
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Documentary film exploring the rise of mechanistic philosphy and the exploitation of human beings under modern hierarhical systems. Topics covered include behaviorism, scientific management, work-place democracy, schooling, frustration-aggression hypothesis and human experimentation.
This film explores the evolution of propaganda and public relations in the United States, with an emphasis on the elitist theory of democracy and the relationship between war, propaganda and class. Includes original interviews with a number of dissident scholars including Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Peter Phillips (Project Censored), John Stauber (PR Watch), Christopher Simpson (The Science of Coercion) and others. A deep, richly illustrated study of the nature and history of propaganda, featuring some of the world’s most insightful critics, Psywar exposes the propaganda system, providing crucial background and insight into the control of information and thought.
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ReGeneration is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Phillip Montgomery that looks at the issues facing today's youth and young adults, and the influences that contribute to America's current culture of apathy toward to political and social causes.
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This timely, bold set of one-on-one interviews presents two of the most venerable figures from the American Left—renowned historian Howard Zinn and linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky—each reflecting upon his own life and political beliefs. At the age of 88, Howard Zinn reflects upon the Civil Rights and anti–Vietnam War movements, political empires, history, art, activism, and his political stance. Setting forth his personal views, Noam Chomsky explains the evolution of his libertarian socialist ideals, his vision for a future postcapitalist society, the Enlightenment, the state and empire, and the future of the planet.
Writer
Una mirada a las luchas de Estados Unidos contra la guerra, la clase, la raza y los derechos de las mujeres. basado en "La historia de los pueblos de los Estados Unidos" de Howard Zinn.
Director
Una mirada a las luchas de Estados Unidos contra la guerra, la clase, la raza y los derechos de las mujeres. basado en "La historia de los pueblos de los Estados Unidos" de Howard Zinn.
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Documental en torno a Ellsberg, un hombre que trabajó como asesor de defensa en el Gobierno, y que luego se tornó activista, transformándose en una figura legendaria cuando filtró información clasificada sobre Vietnam al New York Times, en la década del '70. (FILMAFFINITY)
Author
A visual essay about the progressive tradition of the United States as seen through grave markers and monuments.
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William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact that he is about to embark on a journey into the dark heart of the American judicial system; the tangled world of renowned Death Row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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Liberty Bound takes an entertaining look at America's ongoing struggle to keep a comfortable balance between democracy, capitalism, and fascism. This is a film about historic events that shape history. It is a film about courage and fear; ignorance and knowledge; propaganda and rhetoric. Through original footage, archived footage, and interviews with people such as Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, and Michael Ruppert, Liberty Bound explores the state of the union and its ostensible move toward fascism. We talk with people who have been interrogated by the Secret Service and threatened with arrest for doing such benign things as sending an email, turning around during a Bush speech, and having a philosophical discussion on a train.
Himself
You Can't Be Neutral documents the life and times of the historian, activist and author of the best selling classic "A People's History of the United States". Featuring rare archival materials, interviews with Howard Zinn as well as colleagues and friends including Noam Chomsky, Marian Wright Edelman, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden and Alice Walker.
Writer
Emma dramatizes the life of Emma Goldman, the famed anarchist, feminist, and free-spirited thinker who was exiled from the United States because of her outspoken views, including her opposition to World War I. Filmed live in 2005 at the Byrdcliffe Theatre in Woodstock, New York, with Zinn in attendance, the play draws on Goldman’s influential autobiography, speeches, and political writings to trace her emergence as one of the foremost radical intellectuals and dissident activists in America in the early part of the 20th century. Emma shows us why Emma Goldman was not only a remarkable historical figure but a woman whose fierce wit and political courage continue to resonate today.
