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

I meanwe did this huge trial and everybody wants to ignoreit because it proves up what we...

[Elizabeth] I mean
we did this huge trial and everybody wants to ignore
it because it proves up what we know to be true, which is that it was a
massacre,
and they did it on purpose

Full Transcript

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- [Elizabeth] I mean we did this huge trial
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and everybody wants to ignore it because it proves up
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what we know to be true,
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which is that it was a massacre, and they did it on purpose.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:47
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...
In ninth grade, I was thrown out of school for a day because - Betrayal at Attica 00:11
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 00:05
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 00:10
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 00:06
I was famous for being leftist in high school.
You know, I sounded like my mother, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
You know, I sounded like my mother,
She was the head of the Eastern Parkway chapter - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
She was the head of the Eastern Parkway chapter
You always gotta understand communist, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
You always gotta understand communist,
My father left the party - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
My father left the party
My mother didn't leave the party until 1952. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
My mother didn't leave the party until 1952.
My mother was into the race issue, always. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
My mother was into the race issue, always.
And we used to go into a restaurant - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
And we used to go into a restaurant
And about 10 minutes before the food would come, - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
And about 10 minutes before the food would come,
Say, "Oh, do you serve Negroes here?" - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Say, "Oh, do you serve Negroes here?"
We don't let no niggers in here." - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
We don't let no niggers in here."
(Elizabeth laughs) - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
(Elizabeth laughs)
But I always, on another level, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
But I always, on another level,
She taught me how to fight, politically. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
She taught me how to fight, politically.
She was the most enlightened person of her age I ever met. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
She was the most enlightened person of her age I ever met.
The whole struggle for Black liberation was so profound. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
The whole struggle for Black liberation was so profound.
Those pictures, I mean, you see them, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Those pictures, I mean, you see them,