Director Stanley Nelson tells IndieWire how the nationâs âbloodiest one-day encounterâ shaped the present-day state of criminal justice.
The directors acknowledged that some of the filmâs footage is hard to watch, but said âI donât think we even put in the worst.â
Fifty years later, a new documentary examines the legacy of the prison riot, and how the media helped sell a false narrative around what really happened.
TIFF: Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry show how the violent suppression of a prison uprising connects to the prison-industrial complex of today.