Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States

Year: 2015

Actors: John Sayles, Wallace Shawn, Paul Robeson, Lili Taylor

Duration: 106 min

Between 1900 and 1920, more than 14 million immigrants arrived in the United States, Howard Zinn's parents among them. They came fleeing poverty, war, racism, or religious persecution and dreamed of a promised land, of wealth, of a better life. The New World opened its arms wide to the poor and huddled masses of the Old: its unwanted fugitives. But above all, the rapi...

Genre: Action   Documentary