Acorn And The Firestorm
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ACORN, a national community-organizing group devoted to empowering lower income communities, is attacked. The story involves a fake prostitute and voter fraud, and cuts to the heart of the political divide.
Reuben Atlas
Producer/Director
Reuben Atlas is a filmmaker and non-practicing lawyer whose first documentary, Brothers Hypnotic, premiered at SXSW and broadcast on PBS' Independent Lens. Previously, he worked at a prison, a music law firm, and Legal Aid.
Sam Pollard
Producer/Director
Sam Pollard is a multiple Emmy winning and Academy Award nominated filmmaker. He recently directed, August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (PBS’ American Masters) and edited, (HBO).