Howard Zinn - Une histoire populaire américaine (le film)

Le film de Olivier Azam et Daniel Mermet. Version française : http://www.lesmutins.org/howard-zinn-

Description

PREMIER VOLET : DU PAIN ET DES ROSES

Tant que les lapins n’auront pas d’historiens, l’histoire sera racontée par les chasseurs.

Au début du XXème siècle, les parents d’Howard Zinn débarquent d’Europe de l’Est à Ellis Island, comme des millions de migrants qui rêvent de terre promise, qui rêvent de fortune, qui rêvent simplement d’une vie meilleure... Ils découvrent l’Amérique.

Du pain et des roses est le premier long métrage d’une trilogie en cours de réalisation qui va parcourir l’histoire populaire des États-Unis de Christophe Colomb à nos jours, à travers l’histoire personnelle extraordinaire de Howard Zinn, historien des lapins.


English version

With the tremendous success of his book, A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn radically changed the way Americans see themselves. His friend Noam Chomsky says that Zinn litteraly transformed a generation’s conscience. Zinn talks about those who have no voice in the official History : Slaves, Indians, deserters, textile workers, union men. On two occasions in Paris and Boston we were lucky enough to meet and film him. Towards the end of his life, Howard Zinn said , ‘‘I want to be remembered as someone who enabled people to experience hope and power something they never did before.’’ That is exactly the reason why we want to make this film.

First part : Bread and roses

Between 1900 and 1920, like Howard Zinn’s parents, more than 14 million immigrants arrived in the United States. They came fleeing poverty or war, racism or religious persecution. They dreamed of a promised land, of wealth, or simply of a better life. The New World opened its arms wide to the poor and huddled masses of the Old : its unwanted, its fugitives, and even a few utopians... After all, the rapidly expanding industries of the time required cheap labor, and immigrant workers - men, women and children - were easy to exploit. But the same period also saw the birth of organized labor, with its strikes and conflicts, and the appearance of great figures like Emma Goldman, Mother Jones, Eugene Debs and the Wobblies.

Directors : Olivier Azam & Daniel Mermet - Cast : Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges - Genre : documentary, history - Stage of devlopment - Duration (US version, with english voice over) : 90 mn

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