Cast & creator
Howard Zinn
Best known for The Daily Show, Democracy Now!, Even the Rain
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, academic, author, playwright, and social activist. He specialized in the labor history of the United States in the 20th century. In his tenure as a political science professor at Boston University from 1964-88 he wrote more than 20 books, which included his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights, civil liberties and anti-war movements. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Zinn, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Daily Show
Self
1996
Democracy Now!
Self (archive footage)
2001
Even the Rain
In Memory Of
2011
The People Speak
Self
2009The People Speak
Writer
2009The People Speak
Director
2009
Human Resources
Self
2010Monumental Myths
Self
2023
I Am
Self
2010
Liberty Bound
self
2004
In Prison My Whole Life
Self
2008
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Self - Historian
2009
Psywar
2010
Creating Freedom: The Lottery of Birth
2013
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Self
2004
Howard Zinn, une histoire populaire américaine 2
himself
2026
Rush to War
Self
2004
Guts and Glory
Self
2002
Truth in Numbers? Everything, According to Wikipedia
Self
2010Axis of Evil: Perforated Praeter Naturam
2004
The Real Nam: Voices From Within
Self
2002
The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous
Self
2020
Henry David Thoreau: Surveyor of the Soul
Self
Ethos
Self
2011
American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals
Self (archive footage)
2008
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind
Author
2008Balkan Rhapsodies: 78 Measures of War
Self
2008
Howard Zinn's Emma
Writer
Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn
Self
2010
Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States
Himself
2015