Independent Lens Season 19 Episode 19 ACORN and the Firestorm 2017
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For 40 years, the community-organizing group ACORN sought to empower poor and marginalized communities. Its critics believed ACORN exemplified everything wrong with progressive ideals. In 2008, these competing perceptions exploded on the national stage as Barack Obama was running for president. Fueled by a YouTube video made by amateur undercover “journalists,” ACORN came under attack.
- Released: 2018-05-14
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Stanley Tucci
- Director:
