Michael Parenti (2006)
Overview
This collection captures two of historian, political scientist and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer Michael Parenti's most intriguing and accessible lectures. In "How I Became an Activist for Social Justice," Parenti recalls his own political awakening during the throes of the Vietnam War. In "Empire," he discusses the United States' growth into an empire of global proportions that casts an equally wide net of political influence.
Cast
Recommendations
Heaven & Earth
Born on the Fourth of July
Gandhi
Insurgent
Disgrace
Waiting for the Barbarians
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Pretty Persuasion
The Hunting Ground
Empire of the Sun
Hardball
The Fifth Estate
Bottle Shock
Platoon
Anniversary
The Last Emperor
American Pastoral
In Dubious Battle
Snowden
10,000 Saints