Beyond Boundaries : Attica

Auditorium

Attica,  2021 

Directors: Stanley Nelson; Co-Director: Traci A. Curry 

Executive Producers:  Vinnie Malhotra, Stanley Nelson, Jihan Robinson 

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson has a distinguished career telling stories of Black struggle against white supremacy. He teams with co-director Traci A. Curry to revisit the largest prison uprising in U.S. history at the Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York in 1971. The filmmakers conduct dozens of new interviews and make powerful use of surveillance footage to understand the legacy of resistance and its violent backlash.   

Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aElB8oEfbiU 

Beyond Boundaries Screening & Discussion Series is a distinctive program at Buffalo State that has been running since 2014.  This annual, six-part film series is organized around categories of diversity including, but not limited to race, gender, class, sexuality, and abilities, with an emphasis on intersectionality.  It creates an opportunity for open dialogue on social justice issues among college students, staff, faculty and members of the greater Western New York community. 

Beyond Boundaries is sponsored by the Office of Equity and Campus Diversity, the Communication Department, and the Burchfield Penney Art Center.  All screenings are held in Burchfield Penney Art Center and are free and open to the public.

The series is curated by Professors Ruth Goldman and Meg Knowles 

https://communication.buffalostate.edu/beyond-boundaries