Top billed cast

1. 

   Clarence Jones

   Self

2. 

   John Johnson

   Self

3. 

   Herman Schwartz

   Self

4. 

   Elizabeth Gaynes

   Self

5. 

   James Asbury

   Self

6. 

   Nelson Rockefeller

   Self (archive footage)

7. 

   Richard Nixon

   Self (archive footage)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-01

This is a rather standard documentary telling of the revolt by prisoners of New York State's eponymous maximum security prison. Using a combination of newsreel archive footage and modern-day interviews, Stanley Nelson endeavours to explain just why this happened and what led to a final solution that shocked a nation. It's clear that tensions were running high between the inmates and those who were guarding them. A toxic environment of racism, bigotry and bullying set amidst some fairly abject squalor and, as just about everyone agreed, some inhuman conditions in which they were expected to liv...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• uprising
• prison riot
• attica
• hostages