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Ghosts of Attica / a Lumiere production ; a Court TV co-production in association with Antidote Films & Crawford Communications ; produced and directed by Brad Lichtenstein ; co-produced by Amanda McBaine.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Attica Correctional Facility.
- Prison riots--New York (State)--Attica.
- Prison riots.
- Police--Complaints against--New York (State)--Attica.
- Police.
- Governmental investigations--New York (State)--Attica.
- Governmental investigations.
- Torture--New York (State)--Attica.
- Torture.
- Police--Complaints against.
- New York (State)--Attica.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (90 min.) : digital, sound, color with black & white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Offers an account of America's most violent prison rebellion, its suppression, and the days of torture that ensued. Uses newly uncovered video of the assault, interviews with eyewitnesses who've never spoken before on camera, and footage of inmates and hostages throughout their battles against the state. This film unravels a deep cover-up, and shows how the riot transformed the lives of its survivors. Includes interviews with former inmate, Frank "Big Black" Smith, former guard Mike Smith, and others.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Susan Sarandon.
- Credits:
- Edited by Tom Haneke ; photographed by Ken Druckerman ; music by Vernon Reid.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Lumiere Productions, Inc., ©2001.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed August 26, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- if-gho Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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