Independent Lens · SEASON 19
ACORN and the Firestorm
Episode 19 · 2018-05-14
- Documentary
Episode overview
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.
60 minutes
Season 19 episodes
1. Chasing Trane2017-11-06
2. Shadow World2017-11-20
3. Supergirl2017-12-18
4. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin2018-01-01
5. Unrest2018-01-08
6. I Am Not Your Negro2018-01-15
7. The Force2018-01-22
8. I Am Another You2018-01-29
9. Winnie2018-02-05
10. Tell Them We Are Rising2018-02-19
11. Rat Film2018-02-26
12. Dolores2018-03-27
13. When God Sleeps2018-04-02
14. The Art of the Shine2018-04-09
15. What Lies Upstream2018-04-16
16. Look & See: Wendell Berry's Kentucky2018-04-23
17. True Conviction2018-04-30
18. No Man's Land2018-05-07
19. ACORN and the Firestorm2018-05-14
20. Served Like a Girl2018-05-28
