Producers' Forum with Stanley Nelson: Attica

In the fall of 1971, over 1,200 inmates at the Attica correctional facility in Attica, NY, seized the yard at the maximum-security Pr*son and demanded more humane treatment and better conditions. The largest Pr*son rebellion in U.S history resulted in the massacre of 29 inmates and the death of 10 hostages. On the 50th anniversary of the Attica uprising, Emmy-winning director Stanley Nelson and producer and co-director Traci A. Curry examine one of the most shocking incidents in the nation’s history in this in-depth and Oscar nominated documentary.

Stanley Nelson is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award winning director, writer and producer. A MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, and recipient of the 2013 National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama, Nelson is a foremost chronicler of the African American experience working in nonfiction film today.

Traci A. Curry is a national award-winning producer, director, and writer of powerful stories, with more than two decades of experience in creating compelling, in-depth narratives for multi-media platforms. She also served as a producer for several national cable news shows. Traci’s work has been featured across a variety of networks, including PBS, ESPN, MSNBC, BET, HGTV, TV One, CNN, and ABC.

PRODUCERS’ FORUM SCREENINGS SUPPORTED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNCIL ON THE ARTS AND THE PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL FUND

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