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Matt Damon Gets History Channel Release For Zinn’s “The People Speak”

Filed under: books, film-tv, green and famous, movies, television — Luke Warner @ 8:16 am

July 30th 2009

Matt Damon’s long anticipated film called The People Speak, based on Howard Zinn’s bestselling book, A People’s History of the United States, and made in collaboration with the author, will be aired later this year. After nearly 10 years in the making and various misses with other companies like HBO, Damon is finally set to [...]

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Damon, Penn, Vedder Team Up For ‘The People Speak’

Filed under: green and famous — Michael d'Estries @ 11:11 am

May 15th 2008

For some reason, various media reports around the world are labeling the new film The People Speak as some kind of documentary about celebrity activism. In reality, the new film — which includes Matt Damon on the producing side — is an adaptation of historian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States.
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