Stanley Nelson is the winner of three Emmy Awards. His documentary films include Freedom Riders, Freedom Summer, and The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.

11.06.2021

Stanley Nelson

Attica Puts Audiences in the Middle of America’s Bloodiest Prison Riot

The new Showtime documentary Attica covers the 1971 riot at the Attica Correctional Facility. Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson talks to Jacobin about the revolt and the state massacre that slaughtered prisoners and ended a movement for human dignity.