Prisons on Fire
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Forty years ago, America's prisons burned. Here's how, why, and what
happened.
Who were the Attica Brothers? Why did 1,500
Black, Puerto Rican, and white prisoners seize control of the New York
prison?
And who was George Jackson? And the Soledad Brothers? And why was he
murdered by the San Quentin prison administration?
What is the legacy of the prison movement? And what do these forgotten
histories tell us about prisons, repression, and the struggle for freedom
today?
Through a mixtures of archival audio and contemporary interviews, music
and narration, we hear the voices of George Jackson; Jonathan Jackson
Jr.; Georgia Jackson (mother of George and Jonathan Jackson); Angela
Davis; David Hilliard (former Black Panther Party leader); James Baldwin;
Harry Belafonte; David Johnson, Hugo Pinell, Luis Talamantez and Sundiata
Tate; Frank "Big Black" Smith (Attica Brother and prison
activist); William Kunstler; Elizabeth Fink and Michael Deutsch
(attorneys for the Attica Brothers); L.D. Barkley (Attica Brother,
murdered in the retaking of the prison in September of 1971, and who
announced the "Attica Manifesto" to the world); and Ruchell
Magee (prison activist and leader, still in prison for his political
activities).
This audio documentary introduces and grapples with this history as well
as lessons for today, and tomorrow.
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