Riotsville, USA (2022)
- Directed by
- Sierra Pettengill
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 12A
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary uses archival footage to examine how the U.S. government created mock towns to train police in riot control during the 1960s and 1970s. It shows the staged environments and contrasts them with real protests happening at the same time.
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What happens
Riotsville, U.S.A. is a 2022 American documentary film by Sierra Pettengill and narrated by Charlene Modeste. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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