Teach Our Children
Overview
This film focuses on the historic 1971 Attica prison rebellion in upstate New York. It targets the conditions that caused prisoners to take drastic steps toward securing their basic rights. The film questions the reactions of prison warden Oswald, New York governor Nelson Rockefeller and President Nixon, as well as the death of 31 inmates and prison guards from bullets fired by the National Guard. Through on-site footage taken during and following the rebellion, and follow-up interviews with inmates, this film relates a powerful message concerning prisoner's rights and provides an important historical document. A Third World Newsreel production about the 1971 rebellion at Attica State Prison.
Release date
02/01/1972
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Safe Place
Thug Life in D.C.
North by Current
Ghosts of Attica
1275 Days
The Prisoner of the Iron Bars
Mula
Jelly Roll: Save Me
The Feminist on Cellblock Y
Dancing in A-Yard
Prison and Time
Back On Track
Back On Track - Out Of The System
Blue Room
MILWAUKEE 53206
Black Thoughts
Being Michelle
To Be
JUNI 53
Women Behind Bars with Trevor McDonald