1 00:00:02,211 --> 00:00:05,631 Some may end up dying, before the revolution comes. 2 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:07,716 19 JUNE 1970 3 00:00:07,799 --> 00:00:10,928 What does that mean? to be a criminal in our society? 4 00:00:11,011 --> 00:00:12,095 RELEASE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS 5 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:14,223 George Jackson, one of the Soledad brothers, 6 00:00:14,306 --> 00:00:16,308 has been in prison for 10 years, 7 00:00:16,391 --> 00:00:19,978 since he was 18 years old, for robbery. 8 00:00:20,062 --> 00:00:22,189 It is clear that something is very wrong. 9 00:00:22,272 --> 00:00:26,235 It shows that the true criminals 10 00:00:26,318 --> 00:00:30,948 are not those who populate the prisons, 11 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,075 but those 12 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:39,373 who have stolen the wealth of the world from the people. 13 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:42,459 And finally: Release all political prisoners, 14 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:46,046 or feel the wrath of the revolution. 15 00:00:46,129 --> 00:00:47,673 All power to the people. 16 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:49,466 All power to the people. 17 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:51,927 All power to the people. 18 00:00:52,553 --> 00:00:53,720 1970, '71... 19 00:00:53,804 --> 00:00:55,389 MEMBER OF THE BLACK PANTHERS 20 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:57,307 If you didn't know Angela Davis, 21 00:00:57,391 --> 00:01:00,060 came from outer space. 22 00:01:00,644 --> 00:01:02,020 Step aside. 23 00:01:02,104 --> 00:01:04,147 Angela Davis was nationally known. 24 00:01:04,230 --> 00:01:06,233 Journalists, make room. 25 00:01:06,316 --> 00:01:08,360 She was well educated. 26 00:01:08,443 --> 00:01:09,611 Excuse me. 27 00:01:10,696 --> 00:01:13,115 Professor at UCLA. 28 00:01:13,198 --> 00:01:17,077 She was talking about George Jackson. She was part of the movement. 29 00:01:19,496 --> 00:01:20,998 Aretha Franklin respected Angela Davis. 30 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:22,916 ARETHA FRANKLIN'S ORCHESTRA LEADER 31 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,295 A lot. So they got to know each other. 32 00:01:28,714 --> 00:01:32,259 Protest is an effective tool. 33 00:01:35,137 --> 00:01:40,142 But Aretha protested in her own way. 34 00:01:40,976 --> 00:01:46,815 She called people up, because she had a voice. 35 00:02:05,417 --> 00:02:07,419 WANTED ON THE RUN - MURDER, KIDNAPPING 36 00:02:07,503 --> 00:02:08,711 BY THE FBI 37 00:02:08,794 --> 00:02:11,632 The FBI has set the black militant Angela Davis 38 00:02:11,715 --> 00:02:14,009 on the list of the ten most wanted. 39 00:02:14,092 --> 00:02:16,386 She is charged with murder in California. 40 00:02:22,643 --> 00:02:25,187 A WANTED MAN ON THE RUN WANTED BY FBI: ANGELA DAVIS 41 00:02:36,865 --> 00:02:38,075 The dream is over. 42 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:43,914 BASED ON THE BOOK "1971 - NEVER A DULL MOMENT: ROCK'S GOLDEN YEAR" 43 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,415 -In 1971 -...The music had a message. 44 00:02:55,551 --> 00:02:57,261 The world changed. 45 00:02:59,221 --> 00:03:02,975 We created the 21st century in 1971. 46 00:03:20,909 --> 00:03:23,328 It's strange 47 00:03:23,412 --> 00:03:27,708 how we are capable of everything else than to agree. 48 00:03:30,127 --> 00:03:34,131 Bitter End is proud of being able to present Curtis Mayfield. 49 00:03:36,091 --> 00:03:41,138 JANUARY 18, 1971 50 00:03:42,806 --> 00:03:48,145 I have always tried to understand the trends in society 51 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:52,274 and use these political and social currents in my music. 52 00:03:53,150 --> 00:04:00,157 It is possible to draw attention on the problems we experience. 53 00:04:01,491 --> 00:04:03,702 Peace no one fights for 54 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:07,915 This is how it looks 55 00:04:09,791 --> 00:04:11,585 Everyone smokes 56 00:04:13,295 --> 00:04:15,464 Swallowing pills, taking dope 57 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:19,635 Cultivated fools 58 00:04:21,303 --> 00:04:24,014 From uncultivated schools 59 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:27,518 Selling people like groceries 60 00:04:28,894 --> 00:04:31,313 Contaminated water in all lakes 61 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:35,651 And Nixon says, "Now relax" 62 00:04:37,778 --> 00:04:40,405 He says, "Now relax" 63 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:43,659 He says, "Now relax" 64 00:04:45,786 --> 00:04:47,746 He says, "Now relax" 65 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:51,124 But they don't know 66 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:55,128 That the show is over 67 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,007 And if there is a hell 68 00:05:01,051 --> 00:05:03,846 Are we all heading there 69 00:05:05,597 --> 00:05:07,099 SON OF CURTIS MAYFIELD 70 00:05:07,182 --> 00:05:08,517 My father scolded everyone. 71 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:11,228 I was very young but it was interesting to me 72 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:17,109 because my father had lived a very safe life... 73 00:05:17,734 --> 00:05:19,236 Everyone lies down 74 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:21,738 ...up through the 60s, where he was in The Impressions. 75 00:05:21,822 --> 00:05:23,991 Says: "Now Relax" 76 00:05:24,074 --> 00:05:29,371 And in 1971 he wanted out of that role. 77 00:05:30,038 --> 00:05:32,249 They say, "Now relax" 78 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:35,460 In the 70s, big changes took place. 79 00:05:35,544 --> 00:05:40,424 The civil rights movement transformed to the Black Power movement. 80 00:05:40,507 --> 00:05:46,054 There were people like Marvin, Stevie and Curtis. 81 00:05:46,138 --> 00:05:48,015 They had something on their minds. 82 00:05:48,098 --> 00:05:51,226 And it was onto something. 83 00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:56,273 ...from their group 84 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:58,692 or people of black descent. 85 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:01,987 Poets, writers, musicians. 86 00:06:02,070 --> 00:06:04,072 SINGERS, THE LAST POETS 87 00:06:04,156 --> 00:06:08,619 We are committed to leading the way in the fight for change. 88 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:11,747 Black power. Freedom. 89 00:06:13,165 --> 00:06:16,710 When the revolution comes Will some of us follow on TV 90 00:06:16,793 --> 00:06:18,545 With chicken hanging out of the mouth 91 00:06:18,629 --> 00:06:22,424 You will know there is revolution Because there will be no advertisements 92 00:06:22,508 --> 00:06:24,009 When the revolution comes 93 00:06:24,092 --> 00:06:27,095 I was in prison in 1971, 94 00:06:27,179 --> 00:06:30,015 and it was a bad joke 95 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:34,186 because The Last Poets' album came out in 1970, 96 00:06:34,269 --> 00:06:37,439 and it took off in 1971. 97 00:06:37,523 --> 00:06:39,149 When the revolution comes 98 00:06:39,233 --> 00:06:43,070 Will the train officers be crushed Of the trains after they have been disarmed 99 00:06:43,153 --> 00:06:45,280 And the blood will flow Through the streets of Harlem 100 00:06:45,364 --> 00:06:47,366 And drown all those who watched 101 00:06:47,449 --> 00:06:50,536 When the revolution comes When the revolution comes 102 00:06:50,619 --> 00:06:53,163 We sold a million albums… 103 00:06:53,247 --> 00:06:56,792 PUBLISHED IN JUNE 1970 104 00:06:56,875 --> 00:07:00,254 ...because we addressed current issues. 105 00:07:00,337 --> 00:07:05,384 There was great paranoia among powerful whites. 106 00:07:05,467 --> 00:07:11,348 Because we had been held down for such a long time. 107 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:13,851 They feared we would do the same to them. 108 00:07:13,934 --> 00:07:15,978 Don't talk about revolution 109 00:07:16,061 --> 00:07:18,355 Before you are willing to eat rats To survive 110 00:07:18,438 --> 00:07:21,400 When the revolution comes 111 00:07:21,483 --> 00:07:23,569 -When the revolution comes -When the revolution comes 112 00:07:24,736 --> 00:07:28,490 Widespread racism and despair over a strange war 113 00:07:28,574 --> 00:07:30,534 is the seed of revolution. 114 00:07:30,617 --> 00:07:31,785 It was here 115 00:07:31,869 --> 00:07:33,954 the officer from San Francisco was murdered. 116 00:07:34,037 --> 00:07:36,665 The police are under attack from rebels. 117 00:07:36,748 --> 00:07:39,543 The revolution has come 118 00:07:39,626 --> 00:07:40,669 In 1971... 119 00:07:40,752 --> 00:07:42,462 CO-FOUNDER, WEATHER UNDERGROUND 120 00:07:42,546 --> 00:07:45,549 ...I thought the revolution was both necessary and unavoidable, 121 00:07:45,632 --> 00:07:48,594 and that we lived in a revolutionary time. 122 00:07:48,677 --> 00:07:50,637 At 00:59 last night 123 00:07:50,721 --> 00:07:54,057 received the conversion in the congress building a call. 124 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:57,811 A man told that a bomb would jump in the building in half an hour. 125 00:07:57,895 --> 00:08:00,189 At 1:30 it happened. 126 00:08:00,272 --> 00:08:01,648 1 MARCH 1971 127 00:08:01,732 --> 00:08:03,901 The bomb was a reaction 128 00:08:03,984 --> 00:08:06,570 on the killings of members of the Black Panthers, 129 00:08:06,653 --> 00:08:10,782 the resistance to the black freedom movement and the Vietnam War. 130 00:08:10,866 --> 00:08:13,535 The Black Panthers called us patriotic revolutionaries. 131 00:08:13,619 --> 00:08:16,163 We called ourselves revolutionaries. 132 00:08:16,246 --> 00:08:18,790 Revolutions are typically led by the young. 133 00:08:18,874 --> 00:08:21,168 The Weather Underground bombed Congress. 134 00:08:21,251 --> 00:08:25,088 They did it to bring joy 135 00:08:25,172 --> 00:08:27,758 to all the young people who hate the government. 136 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:30,052 We didn't, but we liked it. 137 00:08:30,135 --> 00:08:34,722 Weather Underground has taken responsibility for the bombing. 138 00:08:34,806 --> 00:08:36,767 Weather Underground comes from 139 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:40,604 "You don't need a weatherman to know Which Way the Wind Blows" by Bob Dylan. 140 00:08:40,687 --> 00:08:45,025 Music and politics were closely linked. 141 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:47,778 They were part of the same push. 142 00:08:48,987 --> 00:08:52,783 The documents prove that the FBI was actively trying 143 00:08:52,866 --> 00:08:56,995 to harass and oppose black extremists and revolutionaries. 144 00:08:57,079 --> 00:09:02,084 “We must spoil these groups attempt to strengthen their position." 145 00:09:02,668 --> 00:09:05,546 The FBI distributed a Black Panther coloring book, 146 00:09:05,629 --> 00:09:08,549 which produced the police like pigs with fangs. 147 00:09:08,632 --> 00:09:12,177 This and many others of the FBI's dirty tricks 148 00:09:12,261 --> 00:09:15,389 described in documents concerning a counterintelligence program 149 00:09:15,472 --> 00:09:17,349 codenamed COINTELPRO. 150 00:09:17,432 --> 00:09:18,267 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLICE 151 00:09:18,350 --> 00:09:19,852 COINTELPRO, counterintelligence. 152 00:09:19,935 --> 00:09:21,645 DRAGON FOR THE BLACK PANTHERS 153 00:09:21,728 --> 00:09:24,398 We knew there was something but not what it was called. 154 00:09:24,481 --> 00:09:26,567 FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover 155 00:09:26,650 --> 00:09:31,822 determined today that the Black Panthers constitute the greatest internal threat to the country. 156 00:09:31,905 --> 00:09:34,783 This memo was sent out to 37 agents. 157 00:09:34,867 --> 00:09:38,161 They had to recruit informants in the black ghettos. 158 00:09:38,245 --> 00:09:41,081 It was an order, not a request. 159 00:09:41,164 --> 00:09:42,499 INDICATE 160 00:09:44,585 --> 00:09:48,297 I felt like I was being redeemed when the COINTELPRO documents came out. 161 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:52,634 I always told people: “Be careful what you say on the phone. 162 00:09:52,718 --> 00:09:54,219 Did you hear that click too?" 163 00:09:55,012 --> 00:09:58,557 We had just as little confidence to the government as they had to us. 164 00:10:00,726 --> 00:10:02,352 I was not a soldier. I was a musician. 165 00:10:02,436 --> 00:10:04,688 GIL SCOTT-HERON'S WRITING PARTNER AND CO-PRODUCER 166 00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:06,523 I thought about it constantly. 167 00:10:06,607 --> 00:10:10,068 “How can I create change by means of the music?" 168 00:10:12,070 --> 00:10:15,532 I was happy to write together with Gil Scott-Heron. 169 00:10:15,616 --> 00:10:18,535 We wanted to write about how it was 170 00:10:18,619 --> 00:10:21,955 to be young black men in the United States. 171 00:10:23,332 --> 00:10:25,918 WRITTEN IN 1971 172 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:30,047 "No-knock" is, when the police are allowed, without reason, 173 00:10:30,130 --> 00:10:32,132 to kick in the door. 174 00:10:32,216 --> 00:10:33,634 They just have to be suspicious. 175 00:10:33,717 --> 00:10:36,011 You explained it to me I admit that 176 00:10:36,094 --> 00:10:38,430 But what you said was bullshit 177 00:10:38,514 --> 00:10:40,724 You talk about the existence of no-knock 178 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:42,809 For those you've always hated 179 00:10:42,893 --> 00:10:45,979 In this hell, like you, we Calling our home 180 00:10:47,523 --> 00:10:49,274 No-knock, you say 181 00:10:49,358 --> 00:10:51,568 Protects the wife from wife violence 182 00:10:51,652 --> 00:10:55,739 No-knock, you say Protecting people from themselves 183 00:10:55,822 --> 00:11:00,035 No-knock, head kick Rushing in, shooting, shouting 184 00:11:00,118 --> 00:11:04,081 Killing, crying, lying, white man No-knock 185 00:11:04,164 --> 00:11:08,043 No-knock at my brother Fred Hampton's Bullet holes everywhere 186 00:11:08,126 --> 00:11:11,296 You can't gather people, before you have trained them. 187 00:11:11,380 --> 00:11:13,799 You cannot educate them, before you know what is going on. 188 00:11:13,882 --> 00:11:17,970 Who will protect me from you? Against types like you? Against your whims? 189 00:11:18,053 --> 00:11:22,391 By discussing ideas and dive into the substance. 190 00:11:22,474 --> 00:11:26,270 No-knock on my brother's head No-knock on my sister's head 191 00:11:26,353 --> 00:11:28,272 And double lock your door 192 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:31,525 Because sooner or later Do they knock down your door 193 00:11:31,608 --> 00:11:34,111 Ha ha! They're coming for you 194 00:11:34,987 --> 00:11:38,323 Gil went straight on and hard with his lyrics. 195 00:11:38,407 --> 00:11:40,576 We were extremely dangerous. 196 00:11:41,326 --> 00:11:45,122 Long live George Jackson. All power to the people. 197 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:47,666 Long live George Jackson. All power to the people. 198 00:11:47,749 --> 00:11:49,168 PRISONS ARE CONCENTRATION CAMPS FOR THE POOR 199 00:11:50,002 --> 00:11:51,587 George Jackson. 200 00:11:51,670 --> 00:11:53,589 PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE BLACK PANTHERS 201 00:11:53,672 --> 00:11:56,842 He was in prison, because as a teenager he stole $70. 202 00:11:57,551 --> 00:11:59,094 INSTALLED IN SAN QUENTIN PRISON 203 00:11:59,178 --> 00:12:00,971 My sentence was one year to life. 204 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:06,393 I could have been released after one year. I've been sitting inside for ten. 205 00:12:07,060 --> 00:12:11,648 He was radicalized, set up a Black Panther chapter in the prison 206 00:12:11,732 --> 00:12:14,568 and published a book which became a bestseller. 207 00:12:14,651 --> 00:12:20,532 Here in the prison we experience the oppression, the exploitation 208 00:12:20,616 --> 00:12:26,205 and the persecution of people from the lower class. 209 00:12:26,788 --> 00:12:28,874 People who have read his book, 210 00:12:28,957 --> 00:12:33,504 have read about the frustrations and the wishes 211 00:12:33,587 --> 00:12:37,508 which blacks have had for hundreds of years in this country. 212 00:12:38,217 --> 00:12:40,135 Again the clenched fist... 213 00:12:40,219 --> 00:12:41,303 2 JUNE 1971 214 00:12:41,386 --> 00:12:44,306 ...being the self-proclaimed communist and former philosophy professor 215 00:12:44,389 --> 00:12:46,558 enters the courtroom. 216 00:12:46,642 --> 00:12:50,312 Angela Davis is not accused of committing the crime, 217 00:12:50,395 --> 00:12:53,315 but to supply the perpetrators with weapons. 218 00:12:53,398 --> 00:12:56,527 Miss Davis has said, that the accusations are false, 219 00:12:56,610 --> 00:12:58,904 and that the whole case against her is a conspiracy. 220 00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:03,450 To understand the story must we travel back in time. 221 00:13:06,161 --> 00:13:11,208 Angela Davis was under indictment, because Jonathan Jackson, 222 00:13:11,291 --> 00:13:16,338 George Jackson's younger brother, took a judge hostage 223 00:13:16,421 --> 00:13:20,092 in an attempt to get them to release George. 224 00:13:20,175 --> 00:13:22,427 Judge Haley was killed in the van 225 00:13:22,511 --> 00:13:26,390 along with two prisoners and a suspected co-conspirator. 226 00:13:28,809 --> 00:13:31,728 The FBI has set the black militant Angela Davis 227 00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:34,189 on the list of the ten most wanted. 228 00:13:34,273 --> 00:13:36,441 She is charged with murder in California. 229 00:13:36,525 --> 00:13:40,863 The authorities believe she supplied the perpetrators with weapons. 230 00:13:41,488 --> 00:13:46,910 Angela Davis was in prison, because they had used her gun. 231 00:13:46,994 --> 00:13:49,580 But guns were legal in California. 232 00:13:49,663 --> 00:13:54,418 And that doesn't mean she knew anything whether it or was involved. 233 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:56,503 Black revolutionary Angela Davis 234 00:13:56,587 --> 00:13:59,214 arrived without the characteristic afro hairstyle, 235 00:13:59,298 --> 00:14:03,302 when she was produced in court today in New York. 236 00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:08,015 Richard Nixon was president. 237 00:14:08,098 --> 00:14:11,518 The FBI's arrest of Angela Davis... 238 00:14:11,602 --> 00:14:16,565 I had the entire state apparatus against me. 239 00:14:16,648 --> 00:14:20,986 They had intended to give me the death penalty 240 00:14:21,069 --> 00:14:22,446 to demonstrate 241 00:14:22,529 --> 00:14:29,036 that they would slow down any attempt at revolution. 242 00:14:32,706 --> 00:14:36,335 Americans are very impatient. 243 00:14:36,418 --> 00:14:43,050 They want everything at once. So when they started talking about revolution, 244 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:44,593 they wanted it right away. 245 00:14:44,676 --> 00:14:47,888 And when that didn't happen, they gave up. 246 00:14:49,765 --> 00:14:53,227 But information that creates change, 247 00:14:54,144 --> 00:14:55,812 occurs first in the brain. 248 00:14:55,896 --> 00:14:57,689 If you want to change people, 249 00:14:57,773 --> 00:14:59,858 you have to change their thinking. 250 00:14:59,942 --> 00:15:01,777 And they need information, 251 00:15:01,860 --> 00:15:04,112 otherwise they cannot change their thinking. 252 00:15:04,196 --> 00:15:07,115 We have become victims of information. 253 00:15:07,199 --> 00:15:11,286 We have become victims for people like Walter Concrete… 254 00:15:13,121 --> 00:15:14,289 ...from the news. 255 00:15:15,207 --> 00:15:17,584 Howard? Hand me a bottle of future, please. 256 00:15:17,668 --> 00:15:20,254 It's the new and improved future. 257 00:15:20,337 --> 00:15:22,506 -With a new... -Howard, I'm already sold. 258 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,716 "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" 259 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,762 was about all the material things, we became interested in 260 00:15:28,846 --> 00:15:33,183 which were useless, if we really wanted change. 261 00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:37,104 You won't be able to stay home, brother 262 00:15:39,565 --> 00:15:43,527 You won't be able to plug it in Turn on the screen and pull away 263 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:46,405 You will not be able to lose yourself in drugs 264 00:15:46,488 --> 00:15:48,699 And run out for beer during the commercial break 265 00:15:48,782 --> 00:15:51,451 For the revolution Will not be shown on TV 266 00:15:51,535 --> 00:15:54,288 I press the button on my Xerox 914. 267 00:15:54,371 --> 00:15:55,747 The revolution is not shown on TV 268 00:15:55,831 --> 00:15:58,500 The revolution will not be brought In collaboration with Xerox 269 00:15:58,584 --> 00:16:01,044 In four parts without interruptions 270 00:16:01,128 --> 00:16:04,339 You will not see pictures of Nixon Like honking a horn 271 00:16:04,423 --> 00:16:08,677 And with John Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew 272 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,055 Eating pork belly confiscated in Harlem 273 00:16:12,139 --> 00:16:14,516 "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." 274 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,978 It was inspired by The Last Poets' "When the Revolution Comes." 275 00:16:18,061 --> 00:16:21,565 It is a series of subtle references to advertisements. 276 00:16:23,275 --> 00:16:27,029 Cheerios make you grow, grow, grow. Jump! 277 00:16:27,112 --> 00:16:29,406 The revolution will not Give you a sexy smile 278 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:31,992 The revolution will not remove the stumps 279 00:16:32,075 --> 00:16:34,578 The revolution will not make you thinner 280 00:16:34,661 --> 00:16:37,497 Because the revolution is not shown on TV 281 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:42,211 There will be no pictures Of you and Willie Mae with a shopping cart 282 00:16:42,294 --> 00:16:44,505 "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." 283 00:16:44,588 --> 00:16:46,215 We sang that all the time. 284 00:16:46,298 --> 00:16:49,718 Nowadays the young people rap in the street. 285 00:16:49,801 --> 00:16:51,553 Back then they sang Gil Scott-Heron. 286 00:16:51,637 --> 00:16:53,263 There will be no pictures of armor 287 00:16:53,347 --> 00:16:55,516 Blacks shoot in slow motion 288 00:16:55,599 --> 00:16:56,892 There will be no pictures of armor 289 00:16:56,975 --> 00:16:58,727 Blacks shoot in slow motion 290 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:02,814 We didn't say anything people didn't already know. 291 00:17:02,898 --> 00:17:07,027 But we could say: “Hey, have you seen this? 292 00:17:07,109 --> 00:17:10,489 So have we, so you're not alone." 293 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,534 You don't have to worry about A pigeon in the bedroom 294 00:17:13,617 --> 00:17:16,453 The tiger on the tank Or the giant in your toilet 295 00:17:16,537 --> 00:17:19,330 The revolution does not slide down more easily With coke 296 00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:21,791 The revolution does not fight bad breath 297 00:17:21,875 --> 00:17:24,795 The revolution puts you in the driver's seat 298 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:26,922 The revolution is not shown on TV 299 00:17:27,005 --> 00:17:29,591 Will not be shown on TV Will not be shown on TV 300 00:17:29,675 --> 00:17:32,636 Gil and I got together as songwriters, 301 00:17:32,719 --> 00:17:35,347 because we wanted to create a movement of people, 302 00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:37,599 who spoke the same language. 303 00:17:38,225 --> 00:17:40,644 People like us read a lot. 304 00:17:41,228 --> 00:17:43,188 We watch a lot of television. 305 00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:48,277 We don't read so many books, but I would like to. 306 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:50,612 I'm trying to learn... 307 00:17:50,696 --> 00:17:54,283 -Are you hopeful? - It can swear. 308 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:59,538 We have survived many things and have come out stronger on the other side. 309 00:18:00,581 --> 00:18:03,584 The defenders are expected to portray Miss Davis 310 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:07,588 as a political prisoner, a victim of a political vendetta. 311 00:18:07,671 --> 00:18:10,465 J. Edgar Hoover and Richard Nixon 312 00:18:10,549 --> 00:18:12,593 will use me to set an example. 313 00:18:12,676 --> 00:18:14,928 These false accusations will continue. 314 00:18:15,012 --> 00:18:18,724 I'm not free until all blacks are free. 315 00:18:18,807 --> 00:18:20,058 Take it easy, honey 316 00:18:20,142 --> 00:18:21,643 PUBLISHED IN 1971 317 00:18:21,727 --> 00:18:23,353 That's how I feel now 318 00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:27,482 Let's call the song exactly what it is 319 00:18:27,566 --> 00:18:29,109 What it is, what it is 320 00:18:29,193 --> 00:18:31,445 -A funky feeling -What it is 321 00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:33,864 -In my rocking hips -What it is 322 00:18:33,947 --> 00:18:36,200 - And I've made up my mind -What it is 323 00:18:36,283 --> 00:18:38,118 To dance the night away 324 00:18:38,702 --> 00:18:41,914 Wave your hands, all is well 325 00:18:41,997 --> 00:18:45,292 Supporters of the black freedom movement 326 00:18:45,375 --> 00:18:49,421 puts pressure on for to have Angela Davis released. 327 00:18:49,505 --> 00:18:52,424 Statements of support are pouring in in from all over the world. 328 00:18:57,346 --> 00:18:59,556 We visited Angela... 329 00:19:00,098 --> 00:19:01,683 ANGELA DAVIS' SISTER 330 00:19:01,767 --> 00:19:04,811 ...and she is in good spirits. She is fine. 331 00:19:04,895 --> 00:19:08,732 Move your hips from side to side 332 00:19:09,983 --> 00:19:13,195 Get in your car and go for a drive 333 00:19:14,029 --> 00:19:17,741 As you move quietly Peace and quiet 334 00:19:17,824 --> 00:19:22,663 The thing that made everything work for Aretha, was the melody and the rhythm. 335 00:19:24,248 --> 00:19:26,416 It was about love. 336 00:19:26,500 --> 00:19:30,921 You don't have to hate anyone. Anger solves nothing. 337 00:19:31,004 --> 00:19:33,882 -What it is -Dance all night 338 00:19:33,966 --> 00:19:38,512 Wave your hands, all is well 339 00:19:39,638 --> 00:19:43,100 Angela Davis was incredibly important, 340 00:19:43,183 --> 00:19:47,646 but she added love for all the pain. 341 00:19:47,729 --> 00:19:51,191 Peace and quiet Peace and quiet 342 00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:54,611 ARETHA WILL POST BAIL FOR ANGELA 343 00:19:54,695 --> 00:19:58,615 Aretha Franklin offered to post bail for Angela Davis. 344 00:19:58,699 --> 00:20:01,118 It was an important gesture for her. 345 00:20:03,328 --> 00:20:05,122 When I heard that, 346 00:20:05,205 --> 00:20:11,128 It was one of the most touching moments. 347 00:20:11,211 --> 00:20:14,631 Peace and quiet 348 00:20:16,258 --> 00:20:19,469 Peace and quiet 349 00:20:19,553 --> 00:20:21,638 It is suspected that Angela Davis 350 00:20:21,722 --> 00:20:23,682 is charged, because she knows the perpetrator. 351 00:20:23,765 --> 00:20:27,853 Because she is black, militant and one of George Jackson's close friends. 352 00:20:27,936 --> 00:20:30,397 The incident you are charged with... 353 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,482 Was it a revolutionary act? 354 00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:34,943 Are you asking me to confess? 355 00:20:35,027 --> 00:20:36,028 No. 356 00:20:37,112 --> 00:20:39,740 What George Jackson said 357 00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:45,204 about life in prison is very poignant. 358 00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:47,831 He says that the prison 359 00:20:47,915 --> 00:20:52,419 either breaks people down or make them stronger. 360 00:20:53,587 --> 00:20:55,380 Saturday 21 August. 361 00:20:56,465 --> 00:20:59,051 George Jackson was killed, 362 00:20:59,134 --> 00:21:00,844 as he tried to escape. 363 00:21:00,928 --> 00:21:03,597 In San Quentin prison in California 364 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,433 all inmates are locked in their cells, 365 00:21:06,517 --> 00:21:08,352 after six people have died. 366 00:21:08,435 --> 00:21:11,730 According to Deputy Prison Inspector James Park shot and killed an officer 367 00:21:11,813 --> 00:21:15,359 one of the Soledad brothers, George Jackson, as he tried to escape. 368 00:21:15,442 --> 00:21:19,238 Three guards and two other prisoners were found dead with their throats slit. 369 00:21:19,321 --> 00:21:23,659 Park says a guest was smuggling a revolver into Jackson. 370 00:21:23,742 --> 00:21:26,286 The day George Jackson was killed... 371 00:21:26,370 --> 00:21:28,038 COMMITTED TO ATTICA PRISON IN 1971 372 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:29,873 ...we heard about it in Attica. 373 00:21:29,957 --> 00:21:33,460 A lawyer had visited him the day before 374 00:21:33,544 --> 00:21:37,714 and smuggled a gun into the prison. 375 00:21:37,798 --> 00:21:40,467 Apparently a gun was smuggled in. 376 00:21:40,551 --> 00:21:43,136 George Jackson was in possession of it. 377 00:21:43,220 --> 00:21:44,930 Unbelievable. 378 00:21:45,013 --> 00:21:48,559 Every time a guest comes... 379 00:21:48,642 --> 00:21:50,060 Take off your pants. 380 00:21:50,143 --> 00:21:51,728 ...the person in question will be searched. 381 00:21:52,354 --> 00:21:55,399 Why didn't they discover the gun? 382 00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:56,775 We can conclude... 383 00:21:56,859 --> 00:21:58,026 PRISON INSPECTOR, SAN QUENTIN 384 00:21:58,110 --> 00:21:59,444 ...that there was help from outside, 385 00:21:59,528 --> 00:22:01,738 because the wig comes from outside. 386 00:22:01,822 --> 00:22:04,324 There is a mark in the sweatband. 387 00:22:04,408 --> 00:22:07,244 And it's a washable wig. 388 00:22:07,327 --> 00:22:10,956 They said he tried to hide the gun under a wig. 389 00:22:11,582 --> 00:22:13,166 It is a made up story. 390 00:22:13,250 --> 00:22:16,420 How to get around with a gun to his head, 391 00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:17,754 without it falling out? 392 00:22:18,797 --> 00:22:20,090 San Quentin 393 00:22:20,174 --> 00:22:24,553 was surrounded by high walls, and the exits were equipped with three locks. 394 00:22:24,636 --> 00:22:27,723 There is absolutely no reason to 395 00:22:27,806 --> 00:22:30,934 that it should be necessary to kill him. 396 00:22:31,018 --> 00:22:34,229 He is completely on his own in a prison yard, 397 00:22:34,313 --> 00:22:37,441 and he is surrounded by an army of officers. 398 00:22:38,692 --> 00:22:40,903 They feared that people had begun to listen. 399 00:22:40,986 --> 00:22:42,404 GEORGE JACKSON'S MOTHER 400 00:22:42,487 --> 00:22:45,324 Therefore, they planned that he should be murdered in that way. 401 00:22:45,407 --> 00:22:47,868 To discredit him. 402 00:22:47,951 --> 00:22:50,412 Jackson's intentions were no secret. 403 00:22:50,495 --> 00:22:52,164 He was a supporter of violence. 404 00:22:52,247 --> 00:22:55,751 His writings clearly show, that he was a supporter of violence. 405 00:22:55,834 --> 00:23:00,297 I can be violent too and you probably can too. 406 00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:02,925 That is the whole story of America. 407 00:23:04,009 --> 00:23:07,387 Violence breeds violence against others. 408 00:23:08,388 --> 00:23:10,390 Everyone knows about America's violence. 409 00:23:10,474 --> 00:23:14,144 There are American soldiers all over the world. 410 00:23:14,228 --> 00:23:16,897 They fight wars and kills people in other countries. 411 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:19,358 If I were in charge of America, 412 00:23:19,441 --> 00:23:21,818 I would be careful about talking about violence. 413 00:23:22,903 --> 00:23:27,658 Just look how many they have murdered in Vietnam for the past ten years. 414 00:23:27,741 --> 00:23:29,660 And then they talk about violence? 415 00:23:30,452 --> 00:23:33,455 Look how many blacks are being killed every single day, 416 00:23:33,539 --> 00:23:37,251 without anyone raising an eyebrow, and then you talk about violence? 417 00:23:38,168 --> 00:23:40,879 How to wipe out an entire nation of Indians, 418 00:23:40,963 --> 00:23:44,675 and then they want to teach me about violence? Forget it. 419 00:23:51,974 --> 00:23:56,186 In Attica I began and many of the others to speculate: 420 00:23:56,770 --> 00:24:00,440 “If they can execute him 421 00:24:00,524 --> 00:24:02,651 and get away with it, 422 00:24:03,735 --> 00:24:05,320 then the same can happen to me." 423 00:24:06,071 --> 00:24:08,240 When they heard about it in Attica... 424 00:24:08,323 --> 00:24:10,117 PRISON OFFICER IN ATTICA IN 1971 425 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,494 ...they met in the canteen with black armbands. 426 00:24:12,578 --> 00:24:15,706 We knew we were in danger, because they could quickly put something into action. 427 00:24:15,789 --> 00:24:19,126 There was compulsory attendance, so everyone gathered in the canteen. 428 00:24:19,209 --> 00:24:23,338 They passed the cows, and no one took so much as a glass of water. 429 00:24:24,798 --> 00:24:27,009 Nobody said anything. 430 00:24:27,092 --> 00:24:30,304 The officer, who was in the canteen that morning, 431 00:24:30,387 --> 00:24:33,307 said it was so quiet that he could hear his watch ticking. 432 00:24:34,224 --> 00:24:36,977 I stepped into an avalanche 433 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:39,730 FROM THE ALBUM SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE 434 00:24:39,813 --> 00:24:43,066 It covered my soul 435 00:24:44,818 --> 00:24:49,781 When I'm not this hunchback 436 00:24:50,657 --> 00:24:54,244 I sleep under the golden mountain 437 00:24:56,622 --> 00:25:01,001 You who will overcome the pain 438 00:25:01,084 --> 00:25:07,341 You must learn to serve me 439 00:25:07,424 --> 00:25:08,884 The murder of George Jackson. 440 00:25:08,967 --> 00:25:15,015 The assassination of a leader of the black prison movement 441 00:25:15,098 --> 00:25:17,601 must not go unanswered. 442 00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:22,439 You accidentally hit me in the side 443 00:25:22,523 --> 00:25:24,900 In Weather Underground 444 00:25:24,983 --> 00:25:28,320 we sat down once more to reply again 445 00:25:28,403 --> 00:25:30,072 against the murderous state, 446 00:25:30,155 --> 00:25:34,993 and we bombed the correctional facility in San Francisco. 447 00:25:38,413 --> 00:25:40,207 The Weathermen group 448 00:25:40,290 --> 00:25:42,209 has taken responsibility for the bombings 449 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:45,379 in San Francisco and Sacramento and states that they were: 450 00:25:45,462 --> 00:25:49,675 “Response to the assassination against Soledad brother George Jackson." 451 00:25:50,926 --> 00:25:54,137 The bombs went off hours after Jackson's funeral 452 00:25:54,221 --> 00:25:58,517 in this Episcopal church in the poor black neighborhood of Oakland. 453 00:25:59,226 --> 00:26:01,270 Step aside. 454 00:26:02,271 --> 00:26:05,649 George tells us, “Get up and go. 455 00:26:05,732 --> 00:26:08,068 Silver or gold I have not, 456 00:26:08,861 --> 00:26:13,490 but in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, get up and go." 457 00:26:13,574 --> 00:26:15,742 In the name of my brother Jonathan Jackson, 458 00:26:15,826 --> 00:26:19,246 in the name of James McClain, in the name of William Christmas, 459 00:26:19,913 --> 00:26:22,207 in the name of Angela Davis 460 00:26:22,291 --> 00:26:27,129 and in the name of George Jackson, get up and go. 461 00:26:27,212 --> 00:26:29,006 Woke up this morning 462 00:26:29,089 --> 00:26:30,883 PUBLISHED IN 1971 463 00:26:30,966 --> 00:26:33,010 With tears in my bed 464 00:26:33,093 --> 00:26:37,514 They killed someone I loved Shot him in the head 465 00:26:38,682 --> 00:26:41,977 God, God, they ripped off George Jackson 466 00:26:42,853 --> 00:26:46,690 God, God, they put him in the grave 467 00:26:46,773 --> 00:26:48,400 Look at us. 468 00:26:48,483 --> 00:26:52,362 From that moment, we left the dark bosoms of our fair mothers, 469 00:26:52,446 --> 00:26:57,117 have blacks been maimed, disabled and murdered. 470 00:26:57,201 --> 00:26:59,286 Such is the fate of blacks. 471 00:26:59,369 --> 00:27:05,042 Throw him in jail for a robbery 472 00:27:05,125 --> 00:27:09,755 Closed the door behind him and threw away the key 473 00:27:10,756 --> 00:27:14,301 God, God, they ripped off George Jackson 474 00:27:15,093 --> 00:27:18,138 God, God, they put him in the grave 475 00:27:18,222 --> 00:27:21,308 George did not die in vain. 476 00:27:21,391 --> 00:27:25,354 Even after his death is george jackson still alive 477 00:27:25,437 --> 00:27:28,690 for his ideas and his spirit live on. 478 00:27:28,774 --> 00:27:31,235 And we will teach our children to fight for freedom, 479 00:27:31,318 --> 00:27:33,278 as George Jackson fought for freedom. 480 00:27:33,362 --> 00:27:38,283 He found himself in nothing Bowed down to no one 481 00:27:38,909 --> 00:27:43,372 The authorities hated him He was far too direct 482 00:27:44,540 --> 00:27:47,960 God, God, they ripped off George Jackson 483 00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:52,089 God, God, they put him in the grave 484 00:27:54,550 --> 00:27:57,261 Bob Dylan's "George Jackson" 485 00:27:57,344 --> 00:28:00,973 was a statement of support, but it also gave us 486 00:28:01,056 --> 00:28:03,392 a sense of community. 487 00:28:04,059 --> 00:28:08,689 The ones we listened to, the ones we looked up to in the political world… 488 00:28:08,772 --> 00:28:11,316 Everyone had the same goal. 489 00:28:13,902 --> 00:28:17,489 That day I made a promise to myself 490 00:28:17,573 --> 00:28:21,994 based on what I had seen, and what others had sacrificed. 491 00:28:22,077 --> 00:28:24,872 I wanted to fight for the revolution the rest of my life. 492 00:28:29,918 --> 00:28:32,671 The trouble began at nine o'clock this morning. 493 00:28:32,754 --> 00:28:33,839 At Attica in New York 494 00:28:33,922 --> 00:28:36,633 about 1,000 inmates revolted 495 00:28:36,717 --> 00:28:39,595 and took control above the high-security prison. 496 00:28:39,678 --> 00:28:43,599 They took 33 prison guards hostage and injured others during the riots. 497 00:28:43,682 --> 00:28:46,018 The police are back in control over most of the prison, 498 00:28:46,101 --> 00:28:47,895 but the trouble is not over yet. 499 00:28:49,354 --> 00:28:51,398 Thursday, September 9. 500 00:28:51,481 --> 00:28:55,235 We took over the prison. It got loose. 501 00:28:56,820 --> 00:29:00,157 There were 1,250 inmates and 38 officers. 502 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:01,950 Most were beaten. 503 00:29:02,034 --> 00:29:05,871 I got beat up others were attacked with knives. 504 00:29:05,954 --> 00:29:08,790 I was terrified. 505 00:29:09,791 --> 00:29:12,836 I had been at war in Vietnam for a year, and I thought: 506 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,797 "I'll end up dead 13 kilometers from, where I grew up." 507 00:29:18,133 --> 00:29:22,930 Are the inmates armed? 508 00:29:23,013 --> 00:29:26,141 As far as we know, none of the inmates are armed. 509 00:29:26,225 --> 00:29:29,186 What we see here is the B building. 510 00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:31,897 Most inmates have covered their faces 511 00:29:31,980 --> 00:29:34,733 with scarves, towels and the like. 512 00:29:34,816 --> 00:29:37,277 Have the inmates made demands? 513 00:29:37,361 --> 00:29:38,403 I don't know that. 514 00:29:38,487 --> 00:29:40,864 They only want to talk to me or the governor. 515 00:29:40,948 --> 00:29:42,908 The inmates only wanted to talk 516 00:29:42,991 --> 00:29:45,869 with the New York Commissioner of Prisons Russell Oswald, 517 00:29:45,953 --> 00:29:47,663 who is now in prison. 518 00:29:48,455 --> 00:29:53,335 “We want to have stopped the slave labor here. We are human! 519 00:29:53,418 --> 00:29:55,212 COMMITTED TO ATTICA PRISON IN 1971 520 00:29:55,295 --> 00:29:58,298 We are not animals and we will not be treated like that. 521 00:29:58,382 --> 00:30:02,678 All inmates require, 522 00:30:02,761 --> 00:30:09,560 that the brutal treatment of the inmates here and throughout the United States ceases. 523 00:30:09,643 --> 00:30:14,273 What has happened here today, is only the beginning of our rebellion. 524 00:30:15,023 --> 00:30:19,278 Attica. They demanded to be treated with dignity, 525 00:30:19,361 --> 00:30:22,281 which is envied by every human being. 526 00:30:23,031 --> 00:30:26,952 Gil could build a scene as a playwright. 527 00:30:27,035 --> 00:30:29,997 He always said: "We sold survival packs on vinyl." 528 00:30:31,331 --> 00:30:32,708 Here I am 529 00:30:32,791 --> 00:30:36,587 FROM THE ALBUM PIECES OF A MAN PUBLISHED IN 1971 530 00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:41,216 After so many years 531 00:30:45,345 --> 00:30:48,682 Pursued by hate 532 00:30:52,144 --> 00:30:54,646 Trapped by fear 533 00:30:59,484 --> 00:31:02,988 Trapped in a box 534 00:31:04,823 --> 00:31:07,576 - We are very much alive. - We don't die. 535 00:31:07,659 --> 00:31:09,661 - We are not dead. - We are not going to die here. 536 00:31:10,245 --> 00:31:11,496 You can swear on that! 537 00:31:13,540 --> 00:31:17,336 Help me, I'm trapped 538 00:31:20,506 --> 00:31:24,510 Come now, hear my prayer 539 00:31:28,388 --> 00:31:32,142 Need someone 540 00:31:34,394 --> 00:31:38,607 Listens to me 541 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:45,822 I am asking you, brothers and sisters 542 00:31:45,906 --> 00:31:51,411 I'm counting on you 543 00:31:53,121 --> 00:31:55,707 When someone takes responsibility 544 00:31:55,791 --> 00:31:58,919 for their own lives and fight for it, they believe in 545 00:31:59,002 --> 00:32:01,421 and trying to do something for themselves and their people, 546 00:32:01,505 --> 00:32:03,590 is it a revolutionary act. 547 00:32:04,675 --> 00:32:07,803 that's it Brian and I are interested. 548 00:32:10,305 --> 00:32:11,765 Good morning, Governor. 549 00:32:12,599 --> 00:32:14,768 The governor of New York was Nelson Rockefeller. 550 00:32:14,852 --> 00:32:16,812 PROSECUTOR IN NEW YORK THE ATTICA INVESTIGATION 551 00:32:16,895 --> 00:32:18,730 He played a big role in the Attica tragedy. 552 00:32:18,814 --> 00:32:23,944 Both Nixon and Rockefeller feared, that it was a communist plot. 553 00:32:24,027 --> 00:32:27,364 And while the negotiations were going on… 554 00:32:27,447 --> 00:32:28,907 I'm still here. 555 00:32:28,991 --> 00:32:31,368 ...the police got ready to storm the prison. 556 00:32:32,661 --> 00:32:36,248 Officers stand ready at the entrance 557 00:32:36,331 --> 00:32:38,000 to the cells. 558 00:32:38,083 --> 00:32:39,668 The atmosphere is tense. 559 00:32:42,087 --> 00:32:46,133 We checked the yard from Thursday to Monday morning. 560 00:32:46,550 --> 00:32:50,304 Go down to the supply truck and fetch shotguns and rifles. 561 00:32:51,889 --> 00:32:55,184 There were police home guards, local cops 562 00:32:55,267 --> 00:32:59,479 and prison officers from other prisons outside. 563 00:33:01,481 --> 00:33:05,319 It was on its way to becoming George Jackson on a large scale. 564 00:33:07,863 --> 00:33:09,531 The reinforcements have moved in. 565 00:33:10,490 --> 00:33:13,952 Before the confrontation placed the inmates hostages 566 00:33:14,036 --> 00:33:18,040 on the footbridges with knives to their throats 567 00:33:19,082 --> 00:33:21,293 to deter the police from moving in. 568 00:33:22,169 --> 00:33:23,921 But it had no effect. 569 00:33:24,004 --> 00:33:26,256 The police were willing to sacrifice the hostages 570 00:33:26,340 --> 00:33:28,217 to regain control of the prison. 571 00:33:30,219 --> 00:33:33,680 When I heard the first helicopter… 572 00:33:33,764 --> 00:33:37,267 The moment I could smell the gas, I prepared to die. 573 00:33:43,815 --> 00:33:46,902 The police could see nothing. I don't know why they shot. 574 00:33:46,985 --> 00:33:49,947 Most of us were dressed in prison uniforms. 575 00:33:50,030 --> 00:33:53,492 They had no idea who they were shooting at. 576 00:33:53,575 --> 00:33:54,785 They just shot. 577 00:33:55,869 --> 00:33:58,997 Place hands on head. 578 00:33:59,081 --> 00:34:01,166 From the helicopter it sounded: “Stand up, place your hands 579 00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:04,044 on the head. We will not harm you. 580 00:34:04,127 --> 00:34:06,505 I repeat. We will not harm you. 581 00:34:07,089 --> 00:34:09,341 People rose up and were killed. 582 00:34:17,431 --> 00:34:20,936 There are people dying in there. 583 00:34:21,018 --> 00:34:22,396 I am interrupting the transmission. 584 00:34:24,940 --> 00:34:26,984 The helicopters are still in the air. 585 00:34:27,943 --> 00:34:33,156 It looks like people are dying in there, and I am shaken. 586 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:37,494 It is not to be worn. 587 00:34:38,203 --> 00:34:43,333 Whatever happens after this, 588 00:34:43,417 --> 00:34:46,879 will the prison system here in the United States 589 00:34:47,504 --> 00:34:53,342 and the people who are in the prisons, be changed forever. 590 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:59,391 The one holding me was shot. The bullet went right past my head. 591 00:35:00,350 --> 00:35:03,979 I didn't think I was going to survive it. Never. 592 00:35:06,273 --> 00:35:09,318 I had nightmares for years. 593 00:35:10,319 --> 00:35:12,029 For years. 594 00:35:12,112 --> 00:35:16,700 I woke up and could smell the gas. Hear the shots. 595 00:35:18,994 --> 00:35:20,829 We are human! 596 00:35:20,913 --> 00:35:25,459 We are not animals and we will not be treated like that. 597 00:35:27,085 --> 00:35:32,966 Elliott Barkley sat inside for a minor misdemeanor. 598 00:35:33,050 --> 00:35:37,221 He died from police bullets. 599 00:35:38,722 --> 00:35:43,268 Twenty-nine inmates and ten hostages was killed by the police. 600 00:35:43,352 --> 00:35:46,021 But a total of 128 were shot. 601 00:35:47,272 --> 00:35:50,275 See how many blacks are killed every single day, 602 00:35:50,359 --> 00:35:52,611 without anyone raising an eyebrow. 603 00:35:52,694 --> 00:35:55,197 How to wipe out an entire nation of Indians, 604 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,908 and then they want to teach me about violence? 605 00:35:58,617 --> 00:36:02,913 It was the most deadly state-sanctioned acts of violence 606 00:36:02,996 --> 00:36:05,791 since the massacre at Wounded Knee. 607 00:36:05,874 --> 00:36:09,586 I have written a poem about the murders of the inmates in Attica. 608 00:36:09,670 --> 00:36:13,423 It's about how my black brothers in prison experienced that day. 609 00:36:13,507 --> 00:36:15,551 Prison Inspector Rockefeller announced: 610 00:36:15,634 --> 00:36:18,428 “Shoot to kill if not they surrender in five minutes." 611 00:36:18,512 --> 00:36:20,347 And a black man came out and said: 612 00:36:20,430 --> 00:36:23,600 "We do not fear at all 613 00:36:23,684 --> 00:36:26,603 To die in the fight to be free 614 00:36:26,687 --> 00:36:29,273 End this slavery.” 615 00:36:29,982 --> 00:36:34,820 “Let us die for the color of our skin Life must end here 616 00:36:34,903 --> 00:36:40,784 Face to face with this enemy A better death is hard to know 617 00:36:40,868 --> 00:36:43,579 “Better step into the room of death 618 00:36:43,662 --> 00:36:48,709 Than die like another fool Mute, black man in the slums of the city 619 00:36:48,792 --> 00:36:51,128 Away from this rotten prison 620 00:36:51,211 --> 00:36:56,508 It is the longing of all of us Kill us, free us from this disgrace 621 00:37:06,018 --> 00:37:09,771 There was a fierce hatred among many of the officers. 622 00:37:09,855 --> 00:37:13,775 After the recovery they said: 623 00:37:13,859 --> 00:37:16,445 “I hit a ******. Did you hit one?" 624 00:37:16,528 --> 00:37:17,654 "Yeah, I hit one." 625 00:37:19,031 --> 00:37:20,115 Mr. president. 626 00:37:20,199 --> 00:37:22,868 [Nixon] Is it primarily black people? 627 00:37:22,951 --> 00:37:25,871 [Rockefeller] Yes, it was the blacks who were behind it. 628 00:37:25,954 --> 00:37:28,624 [Nixon] Are all the inmates killed black? 629 00:37:28,707 --> 00:37:30,167 -[Rockefeller] Uh... -Are there any white people? 630 00:37:30,250 --> 00:37:31,627 [Rockefeller] I do not have that report. 631 00:37:34,963 --> 00:37:38,800 Many of the inmates was from Harlem in New York. 632 00:37:38,884 --> 00:37:42,971 A charity concert was held headlined by Aretha Franklin. 633 00:37:44,306 --> 00:37:51,230 The concert at the Apollo was her way of exclaiming. 634 00:37:52,314 --> 00:37:58,403 Attica influenced Aretha, because she knew several inmates 635 00:37:58,487 --> 00:38:02,491 and their families. 636 00:38:02,574 --> 00:38:07,037 She understood. Aretha sang "Bridge Over Troubled Water." 637 00:38:07,788 --> 00:38:12,459 Do not disturb the water 638 00:38:13,377 --> 00:38:18,590 Let it be Why don't you let it be? 639 00:38:18,674 --> 00:38:23,136 It was a protest but it was also loving. 640 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:26,515 The gospel feeling. It was like a sermon. 641 00:38:27,558 --> 00:38:30,561 Yes, it does 642 00:38:31,311 --> 00:38:36,483 Oh yes 643 00:38:38,193 --> 00:38:42,948 When you're down 644 00:38:45,075 --> 00:38:46,743 And you look up 645 00:38:48,078 --> 00:38:50,289 See yourself on the street 646 00:38:52,207 --> 00:38:56,086 -When evening falls -When evening falls 647 00:38:56,170 --> 00:38:58,881 -And it gets dark -And it gets dark 648 00:38:58,964 --> 00:39:02,509 I want to comfort you 649 00:39:06,430 --> 00:39:09,808 Support you 650 00:39:15,189 --> 00:39:19,151 When darkness falls 651 00:39:20,903 --> 00:39:26,617 And the pain increases 652 00:39:28,076 --> 00:39:31,955 Like a bridge 653 00:39:32,039 --> 00:39:36,418 Above stirred waters 654 00:39:39,505 --> 00:39:42,174 Laying me down 655 00:39:42,257 --> 00:39:45,969 -Like a bridge -Like a bridge 656 00:39:46,053 --> 00:39:49,181 -Over touched - Over 657 00:39:49,264 --> 00:39:52,017 Stirred waters 658 00:39:53,185 --> 00:39:56,230 I want to lie down 659 00:39:56,313 --> 00:39:58,815 Come lay me down 660 00:39:58,899 --> 00:40:02,236 -Lay me down - Come and lay me down 661 00:40:02,319 --> 00:40:03,946 Oh yes 662 00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:10,953 He suffered. He sacrificed his life. 663 00:40:11,036 --> 00:40:12,621 SISTER OF EMANUEL JOHNSON KILLED ATTICA DEPOSIT 664 00:40:12,704 --> 00:40:14,665 But I hope it was for something. 665 00:40:14,748 --> 00:40:16,583 -For what? -For what? 666 00:40:16,667 --> 00:40:19,002 So that we blacks can have a chance here in that country 667 00:40:19,086 --> 00:40:21,338 which we call ours as well as yours. 668 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,883 We may have a chance. Walk the street. 669 00:40:24,967 --> 00:40:26,385 Live a proper life. 670 00:40:27,761 --> 00:40:29,513 Get good jobs. 671 00:40:29,596 --> 00:40:31,431 He was stamped. 672 00:40:31,515 --> 00:40:35,310 Prisoner number 25985. A stamp. 673 00:40:35,853 --> 00:40:38,897 He was to be released in March '72. 674 00:40:38,981 --> 00:40:40,816 He would never be able to get a job. 675 00:40:40,899 --> 00:40:42,359 They would never give him one. 676 00:40:42,442 --> 00:40:44,069 Come on, everybody 677 00:40:44,152 --> 00:40:45,821 FROM THE ALBUM ROOTS 678 00:40:45,904 --> 00:40:47,614 And listen to my song 679 00:40:50,033 --> 00:40:52,578 I only have one 680 00:40:55,122 --> 00:40:59,793 We who are young must take up the fight 681 00:41:00,419 --> 00:41:05,257 Don't ignore that burden It is the responsibility of women and men 682 00:41:05,340 --> 00:41:10,053 Keep on giving Keep living 683 00:41:10,137 --> 00:41:12,598 Because what you know is right 684 00:41:12,681 --> 00:41:16,560 Release Angela! 685 00:41:16,643 --> 00:41:19,396 When we chant, "Unleash Angela Davis," 686 00:41:19,479 --> 00:41:22,149 so is our rant 687 00:41:22,232 --> 00:41:25,402 and our love in extension of ourselves. 688 00:41:34,077 --> 00:41:38,123 And we fight on 689 00:41:38,207 --> 00:41:40,918 As a young, black, creative person 690 00:41:41,001 --> 00:41:47,049 I thought my texts should give food for thought. 691 00:41:47,132 --> 00:41:49,468 Many think it is too late 692 00:41:49,551 --> 00:41:51,803 But they will soon realize 693 00:41:51,887 --> 00:41:55,766 That love is still between us 694 00:41:56,683 --> 00:42:01,146 And there is still faith, warmth and trust 695 00:42:01,230 --> 00:42:04,441 When we fight on 696 00:42:06,276 --> 00:42:07,945 Keep fighting, everyone. 697 00:42:08,862 --> 00:42:13,325 For those who feel oppressed. 698 00:42:13,408 --> 00:42:15,994 When you hear the text, hopefully it can 699 00:42:16,078 --> 00:42:20,040 inspire someone to do something about it. 700 00:42:20,123 --> 00:42:23,710 I have always said: "Let us follow the path of the yellow stones." 701 00:42:25,295 --> 00:42:30,092 Many years ago Remember it clearly and distinctly 702 00:42:30,175 --> 00:42:34,429 My mom made it work And it never fails 703 00:42:34,513 --> 00:42:37,224 -Drop your worries -The worries 704 00:42:37,307 --> 00:42:38,600 About what can go wrong 705 00:42:39,643 --> 00:42:43,772 Today we mourn, tomorrow we celebrate 706 00:42:44,857 --> 00:42:48,485 A revolutionary does not need a gun. 707 00:42:48,569 --> 00:42:52,072 Curtis Mayfield's music was great. 708 00:42:52,155 --> 00:42:56,869 You have fun, dance and party, but you leave with a message. 709 00:42:56,952 --> 00:42:59,872 You know? They left with a message. 710 00:43:02,541 --> 00:43:07,087 i think that more and more people are becoming aware of, 711 00:43:07,171 --> 00:43:13,218 that what the government does is not necessarily the truth. 712 00:43:13,302 --> 00:43:16,138 And it's not just the conflict about the political prisoners, 713 00:43:16,221 --> 00:43:18,891 that has changed the mood in this country, 714 00:43:18,974 --> 00:43:21,310 then an acquittal like this could take place. 715 00:43:22,936 --> 00:43:25,397 It is also the reaction to the Vietnam War 716 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,901 and the reaction on Nixon's economic policies. 717 00:43:28,984 --> 00:43:31,278 There is much more resistance now. 718 00:43:31,361 --> 00:43:33,280 It is the happiest day of my life. 719 00:44:02,226 --> 00:44:03,310 All power to the people. 720 00:44:03,393 --> 00:44:05,896 4 JUNE 1972 721 00:44:05,979 --> 00:44:12,069 ANGELA DAVIS ACQUIRED OF ALL CHARGES AND RELEASED FROM PRISON 722 00:45:22,514 --> 00:45:23,765 LATER... 723 00:45:23,849 --> 00:45:25,184 Jim had left the band. 724 00:45:25,267 --> 00:45:26,810 We were trapped in the South of France. 725 00:45:26,894 --> 00:45:29,313 Sly didn't want to leave his house. 726 00:45:30,814 --> 00:45:33,942 It got worse and worse. 727 00:45:34,026 --> 00:45:36,361 We did a lot of drugs. 728 00:45:36,445 --> 00:45:38,655 He couldn't control it. 729 00:45:38,739 --> 00:45:41,241 Many evenings they played like hell. 730 00:45:41,325 --> 00:45:43,952 We were totally unpredictable. 731 00:45:44,036 --> 00:45:46,830 The military police came by one evening. 732 00:45:46,914 --> 00:45:48,373 STONES MEMBER WANTED 733 00:45:48,457 --> 00:45:52,377 Ahmet Ertegun said to me: "Get us an album." That was it. 734 00:46:18,278 --> 00:46:20,280 Texts by: Mads Moltsen