DVD
Attica
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Showtime Networks, [2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (117 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
TV-MA.
Summary
Survivors, observers and expert government officials recount the 1971 uprising at the Attica Correctional Facility. The violent five-day standoff between mostly Black and Latino inmates and law enforcement gripped America then, and highlights the urgent, ongoing need for reform 50 years later.
Notes
Originally released as a documentary in 2021.
Subjects
- Prison homicide > New York (State) > Attica > 20th century.
- Prisoners > Violence against > New York (State) > Attica > 20th century.
- Prison riots > New York (State) > Attica > 20th century.
- Prison violence > New York (State) > Attica > 20th century.
- Police brutality > New York (State) > Attica > 20th century.
- Attica (N.Y.) > History > 20th century.
- United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
- Attica Correctional Facility > History.