The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy

Bob Hercules’ work includes Bill T. Jones: A Good Man and Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, both of which aired on PBS’s American Masters series. A Good Man was an official selection at Full Frame, IDFA, Silverdocs, DOXA, and many other festivals. Joffrey was the opening night film at the Dance on Camera Film Festival at Lincoln Center in 2012 and the closing night film at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival. His 2006 film, Forgiving Dr. Mengele, was shown at film festivals around the world and won the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival.

Bruce Orenstein grew up in working-class Chicago and spent 15 years organizing in Chicago and Seattle, receiving training at Saul Alinsky’s Industrial Areas Foundation. Profoundly influenced by Alinsky’s books, Reveille for Radicals and Rules for Radicals, Orenstein says, “They helped me focus and took my hot anger and turned it into what Saul Alinsky called cold anger.”