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Attica (2021 film)
Attica is a 2021 American documentary film by Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry.
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| Traci Curry |
| Stanley Nelson |
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| Traci Curry |
| Stanley Nelson |
| Aljernon Tunsil |
| Tom Phillips |
| Showtime Documentary Films |
| Firelight Films |
| Topic Studios |
| Showtime |
| September 9, 2021 (2021-09-09) (TIFF) |
| October 29, 2021 (2021-10-29) (United States) |
| 116 minutes |
| United States |
| English |
Attica is a 2021 American documentary film by Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry.
The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2021, and premiered on Showtime on October 29, 2021. At the 94th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature.
The film is a 50-year look back at the 1971 Attica uprising through interviews with the mostly black and Latino inmates who were there.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 48 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.40/10. The website's consensus reads: "Attica revisits the titular riot with intelligence, compassion, and anger, presenting a version of events that honors history as much as it exemplifies the art of documentary filmmaking." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 88 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
| Award | Date | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| March 27, 2022 | Best Documentary Feature | Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry | Nominated | ||
| November 14, 2021 | Best Documentary Feature | Attica | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry | Nominated | |||
| Best Historical or Biographical Documentary | Attica | Nominated | |||
| March 12, 2022 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries | Stanley Nelson | Won | ||
| June 23, 2022 | Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature | Attica | Nominated | ||
| Best Use of Footage in a History Feature | Attica | Nominated | |||
| The Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year Award | Rosemary Rotondi | Nominated | |||
| February 26, 2022 | Outstanding Documentary (Film) | Attica | Nominated | ||
| December 2, 2021 | Top 5 Documentaries | Ascension | Won | ||
| June 6–9, 2022 | Documentary | Attica | Nominated |
- Attica at IMDb
- Official trailer
- Official website
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