Drawing on films made from 1971 to the present day, Abolition Now! 50 Years of the Attica Prison Uprising chronicles, commemorates and politicizes the events of the 1971 uprising and massacre—tracing George Jackson’s influence—through six nonfiction visual representations that came out of it and a digital album.
TEACHING OUR CHILDREN (1972
ATTICA (1972)
STILL ATTICA REMAINS (1975)
GEORGE JACKSON/ SAN QUENTIN 1972
PRISON IN 12 LANDSCAPES (2016)
EVIDENCE OF THE EVIDENCE (2018)
Curated by Emily Apter. Co-presented with Third World Newsreel. With support from Cinereach, Vital Projects Fund, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the National Film Board of Canada. In Collaboration with Attica Is All of Us, The Freedom Archives, and the Documentary Forum at CCNY.