Ghosts of Attica
Soros Documentary Fund In 1971 a riot in the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York turned into a full-scale uprising. For four days the prison was ringed with state troopers and national guards, while the inmates held their warders hostage. In the end the prison was stormed - and 29 inmat...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English |
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Lumiere Production
2001
United States |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:9b8b6ee8-bcd1-43c1-b64e-a29c714e406e |
| Summary: | Soros Documentary Fund
In 1971 a riot in the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York turned into a full-scale uprising. For four days the prison was ringed with state troopers and national guards, while the inmates held their warders hostage. In the end the prison was stormed - and 29 inmates and 10 guards died. Attica has become synonymous with brutality, poor policing and the militant mood of black Americans of the early 1970s. “Ghosts of Attica” is a film about the infamous 1970s prison rebellion as well as a chronicle of the recent efforts of inmates and guards to seek justice from the state. |
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| Published: | 2001 |