Attica Prison riot
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The Attica Prison riot took place at the Attica Correctional Facility state prison in Attica, New York. The riot started on September 9, 1971, with a violent takeover of the prison control center in w
State troopers stand guard over prisoners after retaking Attica Correctional Facility during the riot.
Memorial in front of the prison to the officers and other prison employees who died in the uprising. All but one were killed by friendly fire.
Attica (1980 film)
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Attica is a 1980 American television film directed by Marvin J. Chomsky. It stars Morgan Freeman, Henry Darrow, Charles Durning, Joel Fabiani, and Anthony Zerbe. It depicts the events leading up to an
Attica Prison riot
…described as temperate, but undeniably damning concerning the state's actions. At least three fictionalized TV movies of the rebellion have been produced: Attica (1980) directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, with George Grizzard and Morgan Freeman; John Frankenheimer's Against the Wall (1994), with Samuel L. Jackson…
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