"I'd organize hell." Saul Alinksy

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KPIX-TV documentary film from 1966 about the American community organizer and writer Saul Alinsky. Features extended interviews with Alinksy at his home in Carmel, California on wide ranging issues such as poverty, injustice, his Industrial Areas Foundation and U.S. policy in Vietnam. This film was produced by Caryl Coleman and directed by Dick Williams. Commentary is provided by John H. Bunzel, of San Francisco State College.

Type of material
documentary film
Duration
25:12
16mm b&w optical sound film
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Date aired
1966
Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Identifier
KPIX 146807
Views
5422

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Comments

Over a year ago, George Conklin wrote…

Interesting to find that KPIX did a documentary about Alinsky.  Today I was looking through my very old color slides and found several I took during an interview with him in the old Van Ness studios.  It was part of the series produced by the Northern California Council of Churches, my employer.  I remember picking him and his wife up at San Francisco Airport and taking them directly to the studio.  Date,  Kodak helpfully dated slides back then.  December 1966.  I call it my "Saul Wants You" photo, he is pointing directly into the camera lens.

Over a year ago, delray beach aeo wrote…

very good..thanks for sharing this

Over a year ago, Pat wrote…

I had never really knew what Saul Alinsky was about.  Seems like a timely topic.  Although, he is something of an awkward interview.  John H. Bunzel didn't help much.

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