Documenting African American Cinema Project

The Killing Yard

Release Date: 2001-09-23

Runtime: 110 min

Genre(s): Drama, TV Movie

Director: Euzhan Palcy

Original Language: English

Overview:

Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971.

Cast:

Alan Alda, Arthur Holden, Benz Antoine, Bill Corday, Christopher Heyerdahl, Dean Patrick Fleming, Larry Day, Lesley Faulkner, Lindsay Owen Pierre, Morris Chestnut, Rose McGowan, Terence Bowman, Tyrone Benskin

Crew:

Euzhan Palcy (Director), Benita Garvin (Writer)