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    Riotsville, U.S.A.

    Poster of the movie Riotsville, U.S.A.
    2022     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 31min

    Welcome to Riotsville, USA--a point in American history when the nation's rulers--politicians, bureaucrats, police--were faced with the mounting militancy of the late-1960s, and did everything possible to win the war in the streets. Using training footage of Army-built model towns called "Riotsvilles" where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder, in addition to nationally broadcast news media, director Sierra Pettengill connects the stagecraft of "law and order" to the real violence of state practice. Recovering an obscured history whose effects have shaped the present in ways both insidious and explosive, RIOTSVILLE, USA is a poetic and furious reflection on the rebellions of the 1960s -- and the machine that worked to destroy them.

    Directed bySierra Pettengill
    Written byTobi Haslett

    Featuring

    Charlene Modeste

    Video

    1:41

    Trailer

    1 years ago

    Photos

    Photo from the movie Riotsville, U.S.A.

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