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Betrayal at Attica

On September 13, 1971 the State of New York shot and killed 39 of its own citizens, injured hundreds more, and tortured the survivors. The plan to retake D Yard led to one of the bloodiest days in American history, and set the sta...

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Michael J. Hull

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- [Elizabeth] They wanted
people to see what happens - Betrayal at Attica

- [Elizabeth] They wanted people to see what happens

You know, that they were
prepared to kill you, - Betrayal at Attica

You know, that they were prepared to kill you,

The inmates couldn't believe - Betrayal at Attica

The inmates couldn't believe

And the state couldn't believe - Betrayal at Attica

And the state couldn't believe

- [Man Over Speaker] Those
of you who have not done so, - Betrayal at Attica

- [Man Over Speaker] Those of you who have not done so,

So, I mean, I guess
tell me who you are - Betrayal at Attica

So, I mean, I guess tell me who you are

I was, I still am,
I sort of consider, - Betrayal at Attica

I was, I still am, I sort of consider,

- [Narrator] On
September 13th, 1971, - Betrayal at Attica

- [Narrator] On September 13th, 1971,

During the 30-year legal
battle that followed, - Betrayal at Attica

During the 30-year legal battle that followed,

Fink joined their
legal team two weeks - Betrayal at Attica

Fink joined their legal team two weeks

- [Narrator] She had a high profile career

- If you don't put your
government to the task, - Betrayal at Attica

- If you don't put your government to the task,

(crowd cheering) - Betrayal at Attica

(crowd cheering)

- [Narrator] Her focus was
attacking abuse of power - Betrayal at Attica

- [Narrator] Her focus was attacking abuse of power

But no case required as
much dedication or attention - Betrayal at Attica

But no case required as much dedication or attention

What empowers you is
the fight for justice. - Betrayal at Attica

What empowers you is the fight for justice.

(audience applauding) - Betrayal at Attica

(audience applauding)

She also left me a box that
she had guarded for decades. - Betrayal at Attica

She also left me a box that she had guarded for decades.

It was an archive with
hundreds of photographs - Betrayal at Attica

It was an archive with hundreds of photographs

The state of New York had
declared this material lost - Betrayal at Attica

The state of New York had declared this material lost

This archive proved
allegations of wanton murder - Betrayal at Attica

This archive proved allegations of wanton murder

- [Elizabeth] We
needed the evidence, - Betrayal at Attica

- [Elizabeth] We needed the evidence,

I expropriated it from them, - Betrayal at Attica

I expropriated it from them,

We're at this point right now, - Betrayal at Attica

We're at this point right now,

And it's all gonna be blown
up because I took it all. - Betrayal at Attica

And it's all gonna be blown up because I took it all.

- [Narrator] The archival
photos and videos - Betrayal at Attica

- [Narrator] The archival photos and videos

- [Elizabeth] I mean
we did this huge trial - Betrayal at Attica

- [Elizabeth] I mean we did this huge trial

In ninth grade, I was thrown
out of school for a day
because - Betrayal at Attica

In ninth grade, I was thrown out of school for a day because

And my teacher went nuts on me
and suspended me from school. - Betrayal at Attica

And my teacher went nuts on me and suspended me from school.

Now, the next day, when it was
announced that he was a spy, - Betrayal at Attica

Now, the next day, when it was announced that he was a spy,

I was famous for being
leftist in high school. - Betrayal at Attica

I was famous for being leftist in high school.

You know, I sounded
like my mother, - Betrayal at Attica

You know, I sounded like my mother,

She was the head of the
Eastern Parkway chapter - Betrayal at Attica

She was the head of the Eastern Parkway chapter

You always gotta
understand communist, - Betrayal at Attica

You always gotta understand communist,

My father left the party - Betrayal at Attica

My father left the party

My mother didn't leave
the party until 1952. - Betrayal at Attica

My mother didn't leave the party until 1952.

My mother was into the
race issue, always. - Betrayal at Attica

My mother was into the race issue, always.

And we used to go
into a restaurant - Betrayal at Attica

And we used to go into a restaurant

And about 10 minutes
before the food would come, - Betrayal at Attica

And about 10 minutes before the food would come,

Say, "Oh, do you
serve Negroes here?" - Betrayal at Attica

Say, "Oh, do you serve Negroes here?"

We don't let no
niggers in here." - Betrayal at Attica

We don't let no niggers in here."

(Elizabeth laughs) - Betrayal at Attica

(Elizabeth laughs)

But I always, on another level, - Betrayal at Attica

But I always, on another level,

She taught me how to
fight, politically. - Betrayal at Attica

She taught me how to fight, politically.

She was the most enlightened
person of her age I ever met. - Betrayal at Attica

She was the most enlightened person of her age I ever met.

The whole struggle for Black
liberation was so profound. - Betrayal at Attica

The whole struggle for Black liberation was so profound.

Those pictures, I
mean, you see them, - Betrayal at Attica

Those pictures, I mean, you see them,

The thing about Emmett Till
was people for the first time - Betrayal at Attica

The thing about Emmett Till was people for the first time

And then, when you put
it together with Nazism, - Betrayal at Attica

And then, when you put it together with Nazism,

That it was my responsibility
as a white person, - Betrayal at Attica

That it was my responsibility as a white person,

And that people
had to get together - Betrayal at Attica

And that people had to get together

I was taught that it's
everybody's obligation - Betrayal at Attica

I was taught that it's everybody's obligation

- I think it's better to be
aggressive at this point. - Betrayal at Attica

- I think it's better to be aggressive at this point.

It seems to me that it
is both historically - Betrayal at Attica

It seems to me that it is both historically

- When I went to Reed
College, I joined SDS, - Betrayal at Attica

- When I went to Reed College, I joined SDS,

And I became a member
of the Community Senate. - Betrayal at Attica

And I became a member of the Community Senate.

And then I became
Student Body President - Betrayal at Attica

And then I became Student Body President

And then I came out of
Reed and my father died, - Betrayal at Attica

And then I came out of Reed and my father died,

And my mother certainly didn't
want me to run his business. - Betrayal at Attica

And my mother certainly didn't want me to run his busin...

But, in August of 1968, (laughs) - Betrayal at Attica

But, in August of 1968, (laughs)

Me and a friend named Ken
Linden drove to Chicago - Betrayal at Attica

Me and a friend named Ken Linden drove to Chicago

- [Crowd] Peace now, peace
now, peace now, peace now. - Betrayal at Attica

- [Crowd] Peace now, peace now, peace now, peace now.

- We walked out of the hotel
and walked into Lake Shore Park - Betrayal at Attica

- We walked out of the hotel and walked into Lake Shore Park

So, to make a long story short, - Betrayal at Attica

So, to make a long story short,

And I look at the cops
and they go, "You ready?" - Betrayal at Attica

And I look at the cops and they go, "You ready?"

(tear gas explodes) - Betrayal at Attica

(tear gas explodes)

(tense haunting music) - Betrayal at Attica

(tense haunting music)

And as a result of that, - Betrayal at Attica

And as a result of that,

(tribal drumming music) - Betrayal at Attica

(tribal drumming music)

And, just as the
soldiers in Vietnam - Betrayal at Attica

And, just as the soldiers in Vietnam

- [Group] The pigs are gonna
catch hell. Off the pigs. - Betrayal at Attica

- [Group] The pigs are gonna catch hell. Off the pigs.

No more-- - Betrayal at Attica

Then in 1969, you
had Fred Hampton. - Betrayal at Attica

Then in 1969, you had Fred Hampton.

- I'm the Deputy Chairman
of the state of Illinois - Betrayal at Attica

- I'm the Deputy Chairman of the state of Illinois

- This is where our Chairman
had his brains blown out - Betrayal at Attica

- This is where our Chairman had his brains blown out

- Started with the gun,
still on single fire, - Betrayal at Attica

- Started with the gun, still on single fire,

- Fred Hampton, 21 years old,
and a member of a militant, - Betrayal at Attica

- Fred Hampton, 21 years old, and a member of a militant,

- I mean, they were at war. - Betrayal at Attica

- I mean, they were at war.

There was all this stuff,
there was stuff in LA, - Betrayal at Attica

There was all this stuff, there was stuff in LA,

- Good morning, Vietnam and
welcome back to part two - Betrayal at Attica

- Good morning, Vietnam and welcome back to part two

- There's a woman running,
so they shoot her down, - Betrayal at Attica

- There's a woman running, so they shoot her down,

After all, we only raped
three
women in the last village. - Betrayal at Attica

After all, we only raped three women in the last village.

- And doing this
unbelievable stuff to them. - Betrayal at Attica

- And doing this unbelievable stuff to them.

- Which you got to watch
on television everyday. - Betrayal at Attica

- Which you got to watch on television everyday.

- As far as resistance
is concerned, - Betrayal at Attica

- As far as resistance is concerned,

- After we swept through the
village, we turned around, - Betrayal at Attica

- After we swept through the village, we turned around,

- [Interviewer] Now, to
destroy
everything in the village - Betrayal at Attica

- [Interviewer] Now, to destroy everything in the village

- We didn't believe that
this would be such a - Betrayal at Attica

- We didn't believe that this would be such a

- And the people that
they're fighting, - Betrayal at Attica

- And the people that they're fighting,

- [Announcer] President
Johnson,
meanwhile, let it be known - Betrayal at Attica

- [Announcer] President Johnson, meanwhile, let it be known

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On September 13, 1971 the State of New York shot and killed 39 of its own citizens, injured hundreds more, and tortured the survivors. The plan to retake D Yard led to one of the bloodiest days in American history, and set the sta...

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Director: Michael J. Hull

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Production: Fifth Column Films,HBO,HBO Documentary Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 7.4

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Released: 01 Aug 2021

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