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Betrayal at Attica

In order to fight anddefeat this enemy, it is necessary to wagea new all-out offensive

In order to fight and
defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage
a new all-out offensive

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In order to fight and defeat this enemy,
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it is necessary to wage a new all-out offensive.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:55
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...
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
The McKay Commission film was among the material - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
The McKay Commission film was among the material
But Fink had a copy on VHS that they were unaware of. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
But Fink had a copy on VHS that they were unaware of.
It has not been available to the public - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
It has not been available to the public
- I think Attica brings to mind several things. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
- I think Attica brings to mind several things.
The first is the basic inhumanity of man-to-man. - Betrayal at Attica 00:04
The first is the basic inhumanity of man-to-man.
To people, be they Black, yellow, orange, spotted, whatever. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
To people, be they Black, yellow, orange, spotted, whatever.
Whatever uniform they wore, that day tore from them - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
Whatever uniform they wore, that day tore from them