Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Thoughtful, exciting, moving.

With this film, we see the Zinn who has changed thousands of lives with his work.

The film is especially strong in its second half, which is dominated by contemporary footage of Zinn.

It's an excellent introduction to a man whose thoughts on war, peace and dissent have become increasingly influential in ever more confusing times.

As engaging and stimulating as the man himself.

This documentary about Howard Zinn provides an effective if not necessarily comprehensive or objective portrait of the esteemed historian and activist.

This video profile by Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller allows his significance to register and his charisma to shine despite a pedestrian approach that's especially awkward in its use of archival footage.