Dear Colleagues,
A few months back a librarian sent an inquiry to the VIDEOLIB list looking for Cinda Firestone's 1974 film ATTICA. We are pleased to announce that we have licensed ATTICA, and it is now available on DVD, 3-year streaming, or through a subscription to Films On Demand. To purchase: http://www.films.com/title/60198 <http://www.films.com/title/58631> Films On Demand subscribers link to: http://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=6347&xtid=60198 Synopsis: Social unrest in the United States hit a boiling point on September 9, 1971, when inmates at Attica State Prison—after months of protesting inhumane living conditions—revolted, seizing part of the prison and taking 35 hostages. The uprising resulted in the death of 43 people after troopers were called in to suppress the rioters. Three years later, Cinda Firestone released this monumental investigation of the rebellion and its aftermath. The film pieces together documentary footage of the occupation and ensuing assault with video from the McKay Commission hearings that criticized Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller’s handling of the incident and firsthand interviews with prisoners discharged after the event. Unavailable for 33 years, ATTICA is still a sobering and revealing look into the heart of American justice, weighing the costs of institutional dishonesty and abuses of power against the price some will pay to retain human dignity. Best regards, Laurie Katz Director of Publicity Infobase | Films Media Group www.Films.com > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Hutchison, Jane [email protected] >wrote: > Greetings, > > One of our Sociology/Criminal Justice professors would like to use > *Attica* in her class this fall. We are asking if we could purchase a > DVD of your film for use in class. She feels it?s the perfect film to > use to help the students understand the criminal justice system. > Please advise if it is for sale for classroom use, and if so, the > price and the address we would use to send out the purchase order. > Thank you. > Regards, Jane > Jane B. Hutchison > Associate Director > Instruction & Research Technology > 300 Pompton Road > Wayne, NJ 07470 > (w)973-720-2980 > (cell) 973-418-7727
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