JANE ADDAMS HULL-HOUSE MUSEUM

Join Voices of a People's History for a free screening of the award-winning documentary feature film The People Speak, as part of the new Chicago pilot project, bringing history to life in Chicago's classrooms and communities.

This event is free and open to the public.

Thursday, October 13, 2011
6:00 - 8:00p.m.
The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
The University of Illinois at Chicago
800 S. Halsted (M/C 051)
Chicago, IL 60607-7017

The free screening of The People Speak film (110 min) will be introduced by poet, educator and activist KEVIN COVAL, co-founder and Artistic Director of Louder Than A Bomb: Chicago Youth Poetry Festival and Chicago Voices Project Director and educator MARIAH NEUROTH. Louder Than A Bomb is the lead partner in the Chicago Voices pilot project.

ABOUT THE TOOLKIT
After the screening, Chicago area public school teachers and community educators can pick up the free Chicago Voices Educators Toolkit, which includes a DVD of the film The People Speak, a preloaded 2GB carabiner USB flash drive with lesson plans, books, teaching guides, articles, and other multimedia materials for the classroom.

To learn more about what's in the Chicago Voices Educators Toolkit, who's eligible for a toolkit and how to get yours, please click HERE.

To sign up in advance for the Chicago Voices Educators Toolkit, please click HERE. Only one toolkit per educator and we'll ask you for identification when you pick it up on October 13 after the screening. You can also pick up a toolkit at other Chicago Voices events throughout the year.

ABOUT THE PEOPLE SPEAK
The People Speak is inspired by Howard Zinn's books A People’s History of the United States — first published in 1980 and one of the bestselling history books in the United States — and the companion primary source anthology, Voices of a People's History of the United States, edited with Anthony Arnove.

This beautiful and moving film features the actual words (in letters, songs, poems, speeches, and manifestoes) of rebels, dissenters and visionaries from our past — and present. These dramatic moments in U.S. history are brought to life by a group of remarkable musicians and actors, including Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Josh Brolin, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, John Legend, Lupe Fiasco, Kerry Washington, David Strathairn, and many more.

The film had its broadcast premiere on The History Channel in December 2009, to critical acclaim:
"Striking, exhilarating…the performances are thrilling." Los Angeles Times
"Works beautifully…Each passionate reading flows out of the previous one." Boston Globe
"A terrifically educational and entertaining film for all ages." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

QUESTIONS?
Questions about this event or Chicago Voices? Contact voices@peopleshistory.us

ABOUT THE CHICAGO VOICES PILOT PROJECT
During the 2011–2012 school year, the Chicago Voices pilot project will bring free educational resources; public performing arts programming; free documentary film screenings; and, professional development workshops to educators and students in Chicago area public schools and in community and education organizations across the city.

The Chicago Voices project is sponsored by Lannan Foundation, a family foundation established in Chicago in 1960 and now based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.