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The southwestern coast of Attica, also known as the Athens Riviera, forms the eastern coastline of the Saronic Gulf. Mountains separate the peninsula into the plains of Pedias, Mesogeia, and the Thriasian Plain. The mountains of Attica are the Hymettus, the eastern portion of the Geraneia, Parnitha (the highest mountain of Attica), Aigaleo and ...
The Attica Prison Riot, also known as the Attica Prison Rebellion, the Attica Uprising, or the Attica Prison Massacre, took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the highest number of fatalities in the history of United States prison uprisings.
Attica is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Cinda Firestone. The documentary focuses on the 1971 Attica uprising. The film cost $40,000 to make, being put together using footage of the event and shoots from inside the prison.
Attica, ancient district of east-central Greece; Athens was its chief city. Bordering the sea on the south and east, Attica attracted maritime trade. In early times there were several independent settlements there, centring on Eleusis, Athens, and Marathon.
Sep 2, 2024 · Attica prison revolt, prison insurrection in 1971, lasting from September 9 to September 13, during which inmates in New York’s maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility seized control of the prison and took members of the prison staff hostage to demand improved living conditions.
For the more comprehensive and detailed history of the Attica Uprising, including the national, political, and inside events that led to the rebellion on September 9, 1971, as well as the hour-by-hour and day-by-day description of the rebellion as it unfolded, the harrowingly violent state’s retaking of the prison on September 13, 1971, the ...
Nov 6, 2021 · Because it has been 50 years since the Attica rebellion, there are generations who have never heard about the uprising, aside from a character in the movie “Dog Day Afternoon” chanting “Attica!
Oct 27, 2021 · A new documentary goes behind the walls of the deadly 1971 uprising. Attica filmmaker Stanley Nelson and former prisoner Arthur Harrison reflect on the five-day revolt, and its lasting legacy.
Nov 1, 2021 · Inmates at Attica state prison voicing their demands to Russell Oswald, New York's prison commissioner, as seen in “Attica,” a new documentary film directed by Stanley Nelson and Traci A....
2022 ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE - Best Documentary Feature. Attica details the five-day prison rebellion that transpired in the fall of 1971 in upstate New York ...
