The Organizer - Production & Contact Info

The Organizer (2017)
101 min | Documentary

The Organizer (2017)

101 min | Documentary

THE ORGANIZER is a portrait of Wade Rathke, the controversial founder of ACORN, as well as an exploration of the much maligned and misunderstood occupation - community organizing. Before it's infamous demise following several highly ...See moreTHE ORGANIZER is a portrait of Wade Rathke, the controversial founder of ACORN, as well as an exploration of the much maligned and misunderstood occupation - community organizing. Before it's infamous demise following several highly publicized scandals, ACORN had been the largest community organization in the US. Rathke, a former anti-war and welfare rights organizer founded the organization in Little Rock in 1970 and over the next decades shepherded its growth into a national political powerhouse for the poor. His entrepreneurial vision helped build ACORN but internal conflict and external pressures would lead to its tragic downfall. Undeterred, Rathke is now building new organizations around the world and trying to rebuild at home. With a wealth of archives and interviews, THE ORGANIZER is a film about people who have dedicated their lives to the often hidden, usually messy and always controversial job of building power for the powerless. See less

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for The Organizer.

Cast	+ Add Cast
8 cast members

Name	Known for
Beth Butler Self Self See fewer	The Organizer (2017)
Dan Cantor Self Self See fewer	Fly by Light (2015)
Noam Chomsky Self Self See fewer	Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Gary Delgado Self Self See fewer	The Organizer (2017)
Marshall Ganz Self Self See fewer	The Fight in the Fields (1997)
Maude Hurd Self Self See fewer	ACORN and the Firestorm (2017)
Frances Fox Piven Self Self See fewer	Third Party (2003)
Wade Rathke Self Self See fewer	88.3 FM & The Voice of the People (2021)