Howard Zinn: A New Perspective On U.S. History
NR.
Directed by , Narrated by , Voices by , Starring .

This film documents a 1999 lecture by the author of the longtime bestseller A People’s History of the United States. Even if you’re not aware of it, if you’ve seen Good Will Hunting you’re probably familiar with the work of Howard Zinn. Zinn is the leftist political philosopher spouted by Matt Damon in that rapid-fire diatribe to the know-nothing college boy in the bar. See http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/filmseries.htm or call Bob at 471-1990 for more info.

This article appears in April 14 • 2000.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.