| Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train | |
| Director: | Deb Ellis Denis Mueller |
| Starring: | Daniel Berrigan Howard Zinn Alice Walker |
| Narrator: | Matt Damon |
| Music: | Richard Martinez |
| Distributor: | First Run Features |
| Runtime: | 78 minutes |
| Language: | English |
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train is a 2004 documentary film narrated by Matt Damon about the life and times of historian, activist and author Howard Zinn and his involvement in some of the most important social movements of the past fifty years. The film was directed by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller.
Between June and December, 2004 the film had a nationwide theatrical release, playing in over 50 cities across the country. In November 2004 the film was "short-listed" for an Academy Award, and in 2005 the film was released on DVD.
The film has a 97% fresh rating by critics on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]
In 2008, the film was chosen by the Zinn Education Project (a collaboration of two national organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change) to be included in an education package sent to 4000 high school and junior high school teachers across the country.
In 2010, a new Commemorative DVD with an extra hour of bonus materials was released by First Run Features.
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