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Attica is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Cinda Firestone. The documentary focuses on the 1971 Attica uprising. The film cost $40,000 to make, being put together using footage of the event and shoots from inside the prison. It received positive reviews and was later selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
The Attica Prison riot took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the highest number of fatalities in the history of United States prison uprisings. Of the 43 men who died (33 inmates and 10 correctional officers and employees), all but one guard and three inmates were ...
Attica is a 1980 American television film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. It stars Morgan Freeman , Henry Darrow , Charles Durning , Joel Fabiani and Anthony Zerbe . [ 1 ] It depicts the events leading up to and during the 1971 Attica Correctional Facility riot and the aftermath.
The movie then shows the quiet streets of Attica, New York and a 22 year old Smith in a barber shop getting his long hair cut. Smith is an expectant father who decided to become a corrections officer because of the pay. After the hair cut, he goes to start his new job at the prison where black militant Jamaal X also arrives.
Attica is a 2021 American documentary film by Stanley Nelson [2] and Traci Curry. [ 3 ] The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2021, and premiered on Showtime on October 29, 2021.
Moretti convinces Sonny to step outside. Using the head teller as a shield, Sonny begins a dialogue with Moretti that culminates in his shouting, "Attica! Attica!", to invoke the recent Attica Prison riot. The crowd begins to cheer for Sonny. Sonny demands a vehicle to drive himself and Sal to the airport, so that they can board a jet.
In protest of putrid living conditions, overpopulation, prejudice and inhumane treatment at the correctional facility, over 1,200 inmates revolted on Sept. 9, 1971, taking 42 staff members hostage.
The images are haunting: In black and white film and photographs, naked men, most of them Black, some of them bloodied, all stand in a prison yard with their