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Betrayal at Attica

The McKay Commissionproduced a three-volume written report, as wellas a documentary film...

The McKay Commission
produced a three-volume written report, as well
as a documentary film that aired on public
broadcasting stations

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The McKay Commission produced a three-volume
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written report, as well as a documentary film
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that aired on public broadcasting stations.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:28
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...
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
And really, when the civil rights struggle became. - Betrayal at Attica 00:05
And really, when the civil rights struggle became.
- [Narrator] Prisons in New York state are called - Betrayal at Attica 00:07
- [Narrator] Prisons in New York state are called
Guards are called correction officers, - Betrayal at Attica 00:06
Guards are called correction officers,