by Tracie Cooper
synopsis
Directed by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller, Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train offers a retrospective on the life and times of Howard Zinn. Activist, best-selling author, and historian, Zinn is considered the catalyst for some of the most notable progressive movements of the past 60 years. Noam Chomsky, who claims that Zinn "changed the consciousness of a generation," is featured in several interviews, along with Marian Wright Edelman, Alice Walker, Tom Hayden, Daniel Ellsberg, and Zinn himself. The documentary also features rare archival footage.
characteristics
- Social-commentary
- Consciousness-raising
- Writer
- Activist
- Activism
- Social-change
- Peacemaker
- Trailblazer
- Social-justice
- Statesman
- Food For Thought
- Economics
- Teaching
- Teacher
- Archival-footage
