"Attica" Film Chronicles Dishonest Media Portrayal Of America's Largest Prison Uprising 2021-12-02
"Attica" Film Chronicles Dishonest Media Portrayal Of America's Largest Prison Uprising
50 years ago, in 1971, over a thousand prisoners took hold of the Attica supermax facility for five days in Western New York making it the largest prison rebellion in American history. We were joined by "Attica" co-director Stanley Nelson to talk about the film and the historical significance of the uprising.
The Takeaway talks to Al Letson, the host of the national investigative news program, Reveal. He’s been working on an investigative podcast series that is out now called "Mississippi Goddam: The Ballad of Billey Joe.” The series takes its listeners to Lucedale, Mississippi, located in the southeast corner of the state, near Mobile, Alabama where a Black high school football star, Billie Joe Johnson, died during a traffic stop with a white deputy back in 2008.
Reinaldo Marcus Green on Directing HBO's King Richard
We spoke with the film's director Reinaldo Marcus Green about helming this project and where he’d like to take his career from here.
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