ACORN and the firestorm / a film by Reuben Atlas and Sam Pollard ; a co-production of Pandora Educational Film Center, Inc., the Independent Television Service (ITVS), in association with the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) ; Pandora Film Center presents ; produced and directed by Reuben Atlas, Sam Pollard.

For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN sought to empower marginalized communities. It's 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 ex...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Mateen, Khari (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Pandora Educational Film Center (Presenter, Production company), Independent Television Service (Production company), National Black Programming Consortium (Production company), Kanopy (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Atlas, Reuben (Film director, Film producer), Pollard, Sam (Film producer, Film director), Lewis, Bertha, 1951- (Commentator), King, Steve, 1949- (Commentator)
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, Calif.] : Kanopy, [2018]
Subjects:	ACORN (Organization) Community organization > United States. Community development, Urban > United States. Community development, Urban. Community organization. United States. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
Genre:	Documentary films. Nonfiction films.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (kanopy)
Physical Description:	1 streaming video file (83 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences.
Variant Title:	ACORN and the fire storm Anti-poverty organization fighting for the voiceless
Format:	Electronic Video DVD