Teach Our Children
The historic 1971 Attica prison rebellion in upstate New York.
Genre :
Documentary
This film focuses on the historic 1971 Attica prison rebellion in upstate New York. It targets the conditions that caused prisoners to take drastic steps toward securing their basic rights. The film questions the reactions of prison warden Oswald, New York governor Nelson Rockefeller and President Nixon, as well as the death of 31 inmates and prison guards from bullets fired by the National Guard. Through on-site footage taken during and following the rebellion, and follow-up interviews with inmates, this film relates a powerful message concerning prisoner's rights and provides an important historical document.
Directors :
Christine Choy ,
Susan Robeson
Additional Credits :
Preserved thanks to the efforts of UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, MIAP alumna Pamela Jean Smith and Cinemalab.
Preserved thanks to the efforts of UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, MIAP alumna Pamela Jean Smith and Cinemalab.
Producers Credits :
Third World Newsreel
Third World Newsreel
Original Format :
16mm
Available Format :
DCP ,
Apple ProRes
Markets :
Documentary
Year Released : 1972
Running Time :
35
Color : B & W
Country : US
Original Language : English/Spanish
Streaming Partner :
Alexander Street Press
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Voices of Impact: Our Community Speaks
Choy and Robeson’s film documents the Attica insurgency, tracing the development of a broader prisoners’ rights movement and development of an anti-carceral abolitionism.
Yasmina Price, Film Series "Malcolm X: Multidimensional" at Anthology Film Archives
Teach Our Children, an early directorial credit for TWN lead cofounders Christine Choy (Who Killed Vincent Chin?) and Susan Robeson (author, producer, and granddaughter of Paul Robeson), is a stirring account of the 1971 Attica prison rebellion told through on-the-ground reportage and subsequent interviews with inmates.
The Flaherty Film Seminar at 70, Museum of Modern Art
Through on-site footage taken during and following the rebellion, and follow-up interviews with inmates, this film relates a powerful message concerning prisoner’s rights and provides an important historical document.
South Side Projections
Visual Journey: Scenes from Teach Our Children
Explore a gallery of images from "Teach Our Children," offering a visual feast that captures the essence of its story.
Screenings
Museum of Modern Art, 2025
Anthology Film Archives, 2025
Organizing/Filmmaking/Archiving, New York University, 2016
AFI Silver Theater, 2015
We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85, Brooklyn Museum, 2017
Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968 – 1986, Film Society of Lincoln Center, 2015
Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA, 2015
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2006
Dok Leipzig, Germany, 1973 & 2025
