Attica
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Date: January 01, 1974 to December 31, 1974
Dates Note: 1974
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United States
Place of Origin: United States
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Color: B&W/Color
Silent: No
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Undoing Time: Cinema and Histories of IncarcerationDescription:
An essential counterpoint to the official and mass media accounts of the uprising and subsequent massacre in the state prison in Attica, New York, Attica combines footage of the events; interviews with prisoners, ex-convicts, journalists, and observers; and video from the 1972 public commission hearings—exposing the lies and obfuscation of those in power to elude responsibility for the crime. It also documents the improvised and effective self-organization of the prisoners, fighting together for humane treatment.
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