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Attica / Attica Films, Inc. ; producer, director, Cinda Firestone.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 029 571
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Attica Correctional Facility--Drama.
- Attica Correctional Facility.
- Prison riots--New York (State)--Attica--Drama.
- Prison riots.
- Prisoners--New York (State)--Attica.
- Prisoners.
- New York (State)--Attica.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (80 minutes) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Distribution:
- New York, N.Y.: distributed by Films Media Group, 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified]: Firestone, Cinda, 1974.
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital optical
- full screen (1.33:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- "Social unrest in the United States hit a boiling point on September 9, 1971, when inmates at Attica State Prison - after months of protesting inhumane living conditions - revolted, seizing part of the prison and taking 35 hostages. The uprising resulted in the death of 43 people after troopers were called in to suppress the rioters. Three years later, Cinda Firestone released this monumental investigation of the rebellion and its aftermath, piecing together documentary footage of the occupation and ensuing assault with video from the McKay Commission hearings that criticized Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller's handling of the incident and firsthand interviews with prisoners discharged after the event. Unavailable for 33 years, Attica still is a sobering and revealing look into the heart of American justice, weighing the costs of institutional dishonesty and abuses of power against the price some will pay to retain human dignity."--Container.
- Contents:
- Attica Introduction (1:03)
- Dehumanizing Inmates (2:28)
- September 9, 1971 (3:15)
- 15 Practical Demands (2:41)
- Response to Inmate Control (2:46)
- Oswald's Mixed Messages (2:06)
- McKay Commission: Wicker (3:06)
- McKay Commission: Rockefeller (2:47)
- Possible Settlement (3:48)
- Reclaiming Attica (2:28)
- Assault Force Enters Attica (2:16)
- McKay Commission: Controversy (2:48)
- Attica News Validity (2:17)
- Indiscriminate Firing? (4:01)
- Inmate Beatings (2:21)
- Appropriate Inmate Treatment? (5:14)
- Murder in Attica Prison? (3:18)
- Attica Indictments (2:57)
- Reform Success at Attica (2:45)
- Dept. of Corrections Integrity (3:03)
- Authoritative Control (4:25)
- Demanding Humane Treatment (2:50)
- Racial Cohesion (2:17)
- Oswald's Claims (2:01)
- After the Riot (3:41)
- After Attica (1:47)
- Acknowledging Inhumane Behavior (4:08)
- Credits: ATTICA (1:13)
- Credits:
- Camera, Mary Lampson ... [et al.]; editor, Cinda Firestone.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture produced in 1974.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
- OCLC:
- 969776046
- Publisher Number:
- 60198 Films Media Group
- 60198-K Films Media Group
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