Movie: Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

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Matt Damon
Matt Damon

Narrator (voice)

Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn

Self

Alice Walker
Alice Walker

Self

Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky

Self

Daniel Ellsberg
Daniel Ellsberg

Self

Marian Wright Edelman
Marian Wright Edelman

Self

Tom Hayden
Tom Hayden

Self

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    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.

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    2004-06-18

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