Attica

Attica

Attica

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2021•117 min•Documentary

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Clarence Jones

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John Johnson

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Herman Schwartz

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Elizabeth Gaynes

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James Asbury

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Nelson Rockefeller

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Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.

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