{"product_id":"readings-from-voices-of-a-howard-zinn-9781904859420","title":"Readings from Voices of a People's History of the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Howard Zinn, America's best-loved historian, began his work on \u003ci\u003eVoices of a People's History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (a companion volume to his classic, \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e), his goal was to disrupt the stale paradigm of the inaccurate and at times deceitful representations of US history. In its place, he offered some of our nation's finest testimonies to living history--speeches, letters, poems, songs--left by the people who make history happen but who usually are left out of history books--women, workers, people of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZinn succeeded exceptionally, and now this phenomenal compilation has been set to stage. This DVD features Zinn and co-editor Anthony Arnove introducing the historical context of various excerpts of \u003ci\u003eVoices\u003c\/i\u003e. Seven most accomplished actors help bring to life a symphony of our nation's original voices, rich in ideas and actions, the embodiment of the power of civil disobedience and dissent wherein lies our nation's true spirit of defiance and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking DVD includes writer\/producer John Sayles reading the journal entries of Bartolome de las Casas upon the conquistadors' encounter with America's first peoples in 1542; actor Brian Jones as Frederick Douglass confronting the New England Convention on the hypocrisy of celebrating Independence Day in 1849 amidst institutionalized slavery; and popular actor\/director Lily Taylor as Emma Goldman, icon of American anarchism and feminism, performing her scathing critique of blind and ignorant patriotism at the outbreak of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Zinn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eA People's History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e (over one million copies sold) and numerous other works of history, politics, and biography. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Arnove\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor, author, and activist based in Brooklyn, New York. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Zinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1904859429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904859420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e AK Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e DVD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.58h x 5.40w x 0.56d","brand":"Howard Zinn","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":46372457251071,"sku":"9781904859420","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98d7cee0-d353-430b-ba73-234dd2970671.jpg?v=1732726000","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/readings-from-voices-of-a-howard-zinn-9781904859420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}