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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Howard Zinn Presents <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Burn!</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Monday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Coolidge Corner Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>617/734-2500<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>www.coolidge.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Social activist and best-selling historian Howard Zinn introduces his
favorite film, the searing political epic Burn! (1969), at the Coolidge Corner
Theatre on Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m, as part of the theatre’s 75th-anniversary
celebrations. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gillo
Pontecorvo, the acclaimed director of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The
Battle of Algiers</span></i>, explores colonialism and insurrection in <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Burn!</span></i> Sir William Walker (Marlon
Brando) is called to the fictional <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">island</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Queimada</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> to instigate
an uprising of black slaves against Portuguese rule in order to benefit British
sugar traders. Years later, when the same rebels whom Sir William had
incited grow to be too powerful, he is called back to destroy the movement he
had helped spawn. As <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Walker</st1:City></st1:place>,
Brando gives a complex, intelligent portrayal of a man who is both gentleman
and scoundrel, revolutionary and colonialist. Brando often remarked that
he did some of his best acting in <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Burn!<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Howard
Zinn has long been active in the civil rights, civil liberties, and anti-war
movements, and has written extensively on all three subjects. He is
professor emeritus in the Political Science Department at <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Boston</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> and has also taught at <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Spelman</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Atlanta</st1:City></st1:place>.
Zinn is the author of more than 20 books, most notably <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>A People's History of the United States</span></i>.
First published in 1980, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>A People’s
History</span></i> has sold more than one million copies, making it one of the
bestselling history books of all time. Zinn has also written three plays:
<i><span style='font-style:italic'><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughter_of_Venus"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughter_of_Venus
Daughter of Venus"><font
color=black title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughter_of_Venus"><span
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughter_of_Venus"><span
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughter_of_Venus"><span style='color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>Daughter of Venus</span></span></span></font></a>, <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_%28play%29"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_%28play%29
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color=black title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_%28play%29"><span
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_%28play%29"><span
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_%28play%29"><span style='color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>Emma</span></span></span></font></a></span></i>, and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marx_in_Soho&action=edit&redlink=1"
title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marx_in_Soho&action=edit&redlink=1
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title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marx_in_Soho&action=edit&redlink=1"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>Marx in Soho</span></span></span></font></a></span></i>.
He is the subject of the 2004 documentary biopic, <cite><i><font
face="Times New Roman">Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving
Train</font></i></cite>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Find out
why<i><span style='font-style:italic'> Burn! </span></i>has made a lasting
impression on Zinn. Tickets are available in advance online at <a
href="http://www.coolidge.org/showtimes">http://www.coolidge.org/showtimes</a> or
day-of at the box office, located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">290
Harvard Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Brookline</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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