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DESCRIPTION:With discussion of the recent California prisoner hunger strikes and the 
 history of struggle for prisoner rights.\n\nSocial 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. \n\nUnavailable 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. —www.atticathefilm.com 
 (1974)\n\n$5-10 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds) 
 \nWheelchair accessible. Refreshments provided.  \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/15/18719635.php
SUMMARY:Documentary Film "Attica" on 1971 prisoner rights struggle
LOCATION:2969 Mission St. at 26th, SF (near 24th St. BART)\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/08/15/18719635.php
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