TY  - GEN
N2  - 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***
AB  - 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***
T1  - ACORN and the Firestorm.
AU  - Atlas, Reuben,
AU  - Pollard, Sam,
LA  - In English
N1  - Title from title frames.
N1  - Film
N1  - In Process Record.
ID  - 1424905
KW  - Social action.
KW  - Politics and government.
KW  - Current affairs.
KW  - Human rights.
KW  - Americans.
KW  - Political science.
KW  - Enthnology.
KW  - Sociology.
KW  - Documentary films.
TI  - ACORN and the Firestorm.
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