VSW will host a screening of Attica (Cinda Firestone, U.S. 1974, 80 min.) and additional footage in conjunction with Enough is Enough.

Enough is Enough (EIE) is a grassroots activist organization with a mission to support survivors of police brutality and to advocate policing reform in Rochester. They have chosen two powerful and unique works from the VSW Film/Video collection that tell the story of the 1971 uprising led by prisoners at the Attica Prison: Cinda Firestone's 1974 film Attica and outtakes from Attica Inmate Interviews, produced in 1972 by Rochester-based media activists Portable Channel. Both of these films were chosen for their honest portrayal of the event from the point of view of the prisoners who led the uprising, rather than through the inaccurate perspective of the popular media. Portable Channel producer Sanford Rockowitz, who conducted interviews with Attica inmates involved in the uprising, will participate in the discussion.

[source: Visual Studies Workshop website, 2019-Feb-4]