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Deciding to Organize

Bonnie Sherr Klein & Peter Pearson

1968 34 min

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From the Organizing for Power: The Alinsky Approach series, this short documentary shows a group of concerned citizens from Dayton, Ohio, meeting and consulting Saul Alinsky on the means of creating an effective organization.

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From the Organizing for Power: The Alinsky Approach series, this short documentary shows a group of concerned citizens from Dayton, Ohio, meeting and consulting Saul Alinsky on the means of creating an effective organization.

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• director
  Bonnie Sherr Klein
  
  Peter Pearson
  
• producer
  Barrie Howells
  
  John Kemeny
  
• camera
  Tony Ianzelo
  
• sound
  Hans Oomes
  
• editing
  Roger Hart
  
• re-recording
  George Croll
  

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