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Betrayal at Attica

She started by learningthe details of the case and comparing theirstories to the narrative...

She started by learning
the details of the case and comparing their
stories to the narrative being developed by the state

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She started by learning the details of the case
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and comparing their stories to the narrative
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being developed by the state.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:08
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...
- 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
- I'm Robert McKay, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
- I'm Robert McKay,
43 people died at Attica in September, 1971. - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
43 people died at Attica in September, 1971.
39 of them in the attack that retook the prison, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
39 of them in the attack that retook the prison,
The commission believes that to understand the uprising, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
The commission believes that to understand the uprising,
Therefore, an essential part of our report - Betrayal at Attica 00:08
Therefore, an essential part of our report
- [Narrator] Attica sits on 53 acres - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
- [Narrator] Attica sits on 53 acres
It's four cell blocks form a 600-foot square - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
It's four cell blocks form a 600-foot square
A 30-foot wall, - Betrayal at Attica 00:13
A 30-foot wall,
Murder Incorporated, Dutch Schultz, all that, - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
Murder Incorporated, Dutch Schultz, all that,
They only began to mass incarcerate Black people - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
They only began to mass incarcerate Black people