2018
1 h 24 m

2018
1 h 24 m

Summary If you were impoverished, politically voiceless, and believed you didn’t matter, ACORN hoped to change your mind. For 40 years, the controversial community-organizing group sought to empower marginalized communities. Its critics, though, believed ACORN exemplified everything wrong with liberal ideals, by promoting government waste and in...

Documentary

Directed By: Reuben Atlas, Sam Pollard

2018
1 h 24 m

2018
1 h 24 m

ACORN and the Firestorm

Name: ACORN and the Firestorm
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2018-04-06
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Rating: 56
Cast: John Atlas, Glenn Beck, Bon Bon, Andrew Breitbart, Patrick Caddell

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 5, 2018

The doc's poignant heart is in observing how ACORN's most dedicated members have pushed to continue doing good after it was forced to close its doors.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Apr 5, 2018

Although the documentary makes clear how some accusations proved false or overblown, perhaps its biggest flaw is that it’s too eager to hand-wave any actual mistakes that Acorn made.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Apr 5, 2018

Reuben Atlas and Sam Pollard’s convincing but unfocused documentary “ACORN and the Firestorm” firmly contextualizes the group’s targeted debasement and eventual downfall as a landmark event of this modern political moment — not the epilogue of the previous era, but rather the prologue of the current one.

By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Apr 5, 2018

ACORN and the Firestorm fumbles with the media story, offering cable-news talking heads in montage but not digging deeply into how the story spread — or why elected Democrats believed they had to shut Acorn down. That sense of fumbling shapes the film.

By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Apr 6, 2018

Duration 1 h 24 m

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Website http://itvs.org/films/acorn-and-the-firestorm

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Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Cleveland International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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John Atlas

Self - Author, Seeds of Change: the story of ACORN

Glenn Beck

Self

Bon Bon

Self - ACORN member

Andrew Breitbart

Self - Blogger

Patrick Caddell

Self - Politicla Consultant

Bill Clinton

Self - Democratic presidential candidate

Doug Giles

Self - Hannah's father

Hannah Giles

Self

Sean Hannity

Self

Maude Hurd

Self - ACORN member, President of the Board

Gene Iredale

Self - Lawyer

Darrell Issa

Self - California Congressman

Laura Johns

Self - ACORN staff

Ted Kennedy

Self

Steve King

Self - U.S. Representative, Iowa

Bertha Lewis

Self - ACORN CEO

Jeffrey Lewis

Self - Bertha Lewis's brother

Jordan Lieberman

Self - Political Consultant

John McCain

Self - Republican presidential candidate

Travis Munnerlyn

Self - ACORN member

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