Attica.

[sheshe2]

I stumbled on this on showtime. It was very difficult to watch. I had to look away more than once.

I cried.

This is our history they want erased.

2022 ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE - Best Documentary Feature. Attica details the five-day prison rebellion that transpired in the fall of 1971 in upstate New York and still stands as the largest and deadliest the country has ever witnessed. More than a simple recounting of the five days of rebellion, ATTICA will also offer a broader understanding of the Attica tragedy in the crosscurrents of politics, race, power and punishment during the early 1970s. Through expert voices and archival images of urban and suburban life, the film explores the tensions between a young, radicalized population of mostly Black and Latino inmates, and correctional officers from a predominately white company town, where the Attica prison was the primary employer for generations of families. ATTICA examines inmates’ demands for recognition of their humanity at the culmination of a moment where racial justice activists embraced prisoner rights as an extension of their fight for civil rights.

[sheshe2]

1. I am sorry this did not get more attention on DU.

It was heartbreaking and the community was mostly Black and Hispanic.

The massacre alone was hard to watch. When the shooting was done they were told to strip naked, walk the grounds then sit naked. Then some were told to get on their knees and crawl like dogs across the grounds and through the trenches that had been dug for human waste. It was five days of human waste.

[brer cat]

2. Do not erase our history.

Teach it, learn from it! K&R

[SunSeeker]

3. K & R