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1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2017. |
| Summary |
If you were impoverished and politically voiceless, ACORN hoped to change your mind. For 40 years, the community-organizing group sought to empower marginalized communities. Its critics, though, believed ACORN exemplified everything wrong with liberal ideals. Fueled by a YouTube video made by two young conservatives who posed as pimp and prostitute in a sting, ACORN's very existence came under fire. ACORN AND THE FIRESTORM goes beyond the 24-hour news cycle and cuts to the heart of the great political divide. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. Winner of the New Jersey Films Competition -American Truth Seeker Award at the **Montclair Film Festival**. *"The movie, directed by Reuben Atlas and Sam Pollard, makes the point that before any of the negative publicity, Acorn was an important voice for lower-income Americans." - Ben Kenigsberg, **The New York Times*** |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Social action.
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Politics and government.
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Current affairs.
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Human rights.
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Americans.
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Political science.
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Enthnology.
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Sociology.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Atlas, Reuben, film director.
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Pollard, Sam, film director.
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First Run Features (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
3992949 Kanopy |
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