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Betrayal at Attica

After we swept through thevillage, we turned around, went back through it andburned all...

After we swept through the
village, we turned around, went back through it and
burned all the buildings

Full Transcript

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- After we swept through the village, we turned around,
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went back through it and burned all the buildings.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:46
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Fifth Column Films,HBO,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

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...
- [Interviewer] Now, to destroy everything in the village - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- [Interviewer] Now, to destroy everything in the village
- We didn't believe that this would be such a - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- We didn't believe that this would be such a
- And the people that they're fighting, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
- And the people that they're fighting,
- [Announcer] President Johnson, meanwhile, let it be known - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- [Announcer] President Johnson, meanwhile, let it be known
- You know, at a certain point in the 60s and everything, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
- You know, at a certain point in the 60s and everything,
- America's public enemy number one in the United States - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- America's public enemy number one in the United State...
In order to fight and defeat this enemy, - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
In order to fight and defeat this enemy,
I went to law school because I wanted to be a lawyer, - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
I went to law school because I wanted to be a lawyer,
The reason why I went to Brooklyn Law School - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
The reason why I went to Brooklyn Law School
There were 150 people in my class. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
There were 150 people in my class.
In a year, 50% of the women had been flunked out. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
In a year, 50% of the women had been flunked out.
You would be called on to give your cases or whatever. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
You would be called on to give your cases or whatever.
The women only were called on for statutory rape, - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
The women only were called on for statutory rape,
I had gone to law school, but I had chosen the revolution - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
I had gone to law school, but I had chosen the revolution
So I went to law school to represent people - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
So I went to law school to represent people
- [Narrator] Among the first radical actors Fink represented - Betrayal at Attica 00:09
- [Narrator] Among the first radical actors Fink represented
She started by learning the details of the case - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
She started by learning the details of the case
- Truly, Attica is every prison, and every prison is Attica. - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- Truly, Attica is every prison, and every prison is Attica.
- [Narrator] In October, 1971, the state of New York - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- [Narrator] In October, 1971, the state of New York
The McKay Commission produced a three-volume - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
The McKay Commission produced a three-volume