Overview
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
Production
Showtime Documentary Films · Firelight Films · Topic Studios
Cast & Characters
Clarence Jones
Self
John Johnson
Self
Herman Schwartz
Self
Elizabeth Gaynes
Self
James Asbury
Self
Nelson Rockefeller
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Directors & Crew
Traci A. Curry
Director
Stanley Nelson
Director
Stanley Nelson
Writer
Stanley Nelson
Producer
Traci A. Curry
Producer
Screenshots & Stills
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