The People Speak: Sunday at 9pm on the History channel

 
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:53 am    Post subject: The People Speak: Sunday at 9pm on the History channel Reply with quote

The People Speak: Sunday at 9pm on the History channel

www.history.co.uk/the-people-speak.html

The People Speak will be airing on Sunday, 31 October, at 2100 (9 pm), on the History channel in the UK and other countries that carry the UK feed.

The film -- inspired by Howard Zinn's books A People's History of the United States and Voices of a People's History of the United States and the US documentary The People Speak ( http://www.thepeoplespeak.com/ ) -- looks at the rich UK tradition of dissent from 1320 to the present through the speeches, writings, poems, and songs of those who defied authority and fought for change.

The film, directed by Colin Firth and myself, features performances by Nonso Anozie, Saffron Burrows, John Castle, Anna Chancellor, Noel Clarke, Omid Djalili, Rupert Everett, Tom Hickey, Celia Imrie, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Laura Marling, Kelly Macdonald, Ian McKellen, Stephen Rea, Tom Robinson, Arundhati Roy, Colin Salmon, Mark Steel, Juliet Stevenson, Joss Stone, Mark Strong, Owen Teale, Teddy Thompson, The Unthanks, and Benjamin Zephaniah.

You can find details on the program, including some great video clips, here:
http://www.history.co.uk/the-people-speak.html

You can also read The Independent article on the project here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/the-people-speak-history-as-told-by-the-stars-2117258.html

i thought freeview had the history channel but it appears not Sad
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I missed the first 4-5 minutes, but here's the rest

part 1 - download 136mb avi
part 2 - download 173mb avi
part 3 - download 178mb avi

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It was very good. I wish I'd been able to be there for the whole 3 hours.
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luke



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

many thanks for catching it face, nice one thumbs

if you liked that and haven't seen it yet, the american version of the people speak with howard zinn is worth a watch

http://www.history.com/shows/the-people-speak
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I heartily agree. Thanks for posting.

The most poignant part for me was the testimony (put to music) of the young girl forced to work in a mine to feed her family. The images of modern child labour were quite damning.
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