
Attica(2021)
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.


“39 men died. The story never will.”
In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

Kyle MacLachlan
Michael Smith

Samuel L. Jackson
Jamaal

Clarence Williams III
Chaka

Frederic Forrest
Weisbad

Harry Dean Stanton
Hal

Anne Heche
Sharon Smith

Danny Trejo
Luis

Philip Bosco
Oswald

Tom Bower
Ed

Carmen Argenziano
Mancusi
Against the Wall is a drama, history, tv movie film released in 1994 exploring themes of prison riot, attica, dreary. Directed by John Frankenheimer, it stars Kyle MacLachlan, Samuel L. Jackson, Clarence Williams III. In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.
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