Announcer: Four days had passed since the 1,200 inmates at the Attica State Correctional Facility in New York had ... and he covered my body with his. When it was over, he was dead.” ...

So in 2018, he had an idea: Why not show it at the Attica Correctional Facility in western New York? The tale of how "It's A Wonderful Life" made its way to the notorious maximum-security prison ...

At Rockefeller's request, he was sent to Attica during the uprising to represent the governor and to help quell the riot and appease the inmates. Frank Smith was an inmate at the prison and acted ...

Body-worn cameras were not yet in use at Mid ... after State Police seized control of the Attica prison during the September 1971 uprising. After the retaking, Smith was forced to lie on a table ...

It rained heavily the night before the retaking of New York's Attica Correctional Facility. A guard ... chipping the concrete and shredding the bodies of hostages and prisoners alike.