Howard Zinn: A People's History of the United States - Part 1: Bread and Roses

Peoples history? I only watched the traler and realized I had enough. Notto take away from the content that is there but you can’t say "A people's History..." and not add/include all peoples.

Pure trash. Revisionist history

I love "A People's History of the United States" but this is not that book come to life. This is a sloppy mix of a poorly shot interview with Zinn, mixed with news style short pieces that seem like a cheap imititation of Michael Moore mixed with actually interesting archival stills and video that relate to the novel. It's too disjointed and lacks the clarity of "A People's History" and ultimatelty comes off completley flat.

I usually never write reviews but I had to in this case. This is too important of a subject to not get right, especially one featuring interviews with the man himself, (Zinn). The information is top-notch, the footage is top-notch, the interviews are excellent. So what's the problem? The writing in the narration and ~some of the organization. Segues are awkward, some of the writing comes off opinionated, sometimes even condescending in tone, some claims aren't backed up (even though citations are readily available), and the organization/handling of the chronology makes the reasons for jumping backwards/forward in time unclear. This subject matter needs to be seen and heard, and with a documentary such as this, those who believe in its importance can't afford to get it wrong or come off sloppy. I would honestly recommend that the filmmakers withdraw the film, clean it up, and re-release it. Either way, if you don't care about all that and just want to soak up the information, go for it! Excellent compilation.