Trailer | ACORN and the Firestorm
Preview: Season 19 Episode 18 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
ACORN and the Firestorm premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, May 21, 2018.
For 40 years, community organizing group ACORN sought to empower marginalized communities. Its critics, though, believed ACORN promoted government waste and ineffective activism. These competing perceptions exploded nationally in 2009, fueled by a YouTube video made by undercover activists. ACORN and the Firestorm goes beyond the 24-hour news cycle, cutting to the heart of the political divide.
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Trailer | ACORN and the Firestorm
Preview: Season 19 Episode 18 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
For 40 years, community organizing group ACORN sought to empower marginalized communities. Its critics, though, believed ACORN promoted government waste and ineffective activism. These competing perceptions exploded nationally in 2009, fueled by a YouTube video made by undercover activists. ACORN and the Firestorm goes beyond the 24-hour news cycle, cutting to the heart of the political divide.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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