Attica is a 2021 American documentary film by Stanley Nelson'Attica' Film Review: Documentary Sets the Record Straight, 50 Years After the Uprising|The Wrap 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.
Summary 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.
Reception Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 88 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Accolades AwardDateCategoryRecipientResultAcademy Awards March 27, 2022 Best Documentary Feature Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry 'Summer of Soul' Wins Best Documentary Feature|94th OscarsCritics' Choice Documentary AwardsNovember 14, 2021 Best Documentary Feature Attica Best Director Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry Best Historical or Biographical Documentary Attica Directors Guild of America Awards March 12, 2022 Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries Stanley Nelson FOCAL International Awards June 23, 2022 Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature Attica Best Use of Footage in a History Feature Attica The Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year Award Rosemary Rotondi NAACP Image Awards February 26, 2022 Outstanding Documentary (Film) Attica National Board of Review Awards December 2, 2021 Top 5 Documentaries Ascension Peabody Awards June 6–9, 2022 Documentary Attica The Peabody Awards
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Official trailer Official website