To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
I was famous for being leftist in high school
Please log in to add to collections.
Betrayal at Attica

I was famous for beingleftist in high school

I was famous for being
leftist in high school

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.958
I was famous for being leftist in high school.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:44
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Fifth Column Films,HBO,HBO Documentary Films

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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...
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,
The thing about Emmett Till was people for the first time - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
The thing about Emmett Till was people for the first time
And then, when you put it together with Nazism, - Betrayal at Attica 00:25
And then, when you put it together with Nazism,
That it was my responsibility as a white person, - Betrayal at Attica 00:10
That it was my responsibility as a white person,
And that people had to get together - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
And that people had to get together