amy: james earl jones reading the words of frederick douglass. when we come back, "voices of a people's history of the united states in the 21st century." stay with us. ■■ [music break] amy: patti smith, performing "people have the power" at the first performance of "voices of the people's history of the united states." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today in this special broadcast, we look at "voices of a people's history," inspired by the late great historian howard zinn's groundbreaking book "a people's history of the united states," which helped reshape how history is taught in classrooms. 20 years ago, howard zinn and anthony arnove began organizing public readings of historical texts referenced in "a people's history of the united states." the two would go on to publish a book collecting these texts under the title "voices of the people's history of the united states." while howard zinn died in 2010, his work continues to inspire millions across the country in the globe. anthony arnove a

o there's the newbi wan kenobi series on disney plus which is a way of using james earl jones' voice there was a license to use come a deepfake use of his bit voice to be re-cast as darth vader in that program which i thought was truly a magical experience, to re-immerse. caroline: that magic must come at a cost and do you think movie studios will be able to get their head around where that cost eventually goes? can they see around corners? are the writers going to be recompensed in the right way? >> that is a separate conversation from the core technology. compensation and revenue split are absolutely something the night don't think the technology itself will be a rallying cry for many people out there. i think back and splits, using one's likeness and being able to leverage that likeness and exciting ways in collaboration with the ip owner, these are things that absolutely need to be handled. i think in the same way m thatp3's changed the music business and created new opportunities, there was a lot of fear that accompanied the onset of that new technology at the beginning. augment