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ACORN and the Firestorm - Bertha and Hanna Meet - Clip

In an excerpt from Independent Lens film ACORN and the Firestorm, Hannah Giles, who was at the center of a media frenzy around undercover sting operation that aimed to take down a community organization, meets Bertha Lewis, whose life and work was upended by the viral video Giles helped create.

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