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interviews with inmates, this film relates a powerful message concerning prisoner's rights and provides an important historical document.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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The House of the Dead
La fuga
Criminal Injustice: Death and Politics at Attica
Exodus
The Feminist on Cellblock Y
Halfway Home: A Father's Story
Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars
Attica
Hell
Make Him Known
Safe Place
JUNI 53
Jelly Roll: Save Me
1275 Days
North by Current
The Prisoner of the Iron Bars
Back On Track
Back On Track - Out Of The System
Thug Life in D.C.
Blue Room