Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 (2017)

Original title

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

Directed by

John Ridley

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 24m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary covers the ten years before the 1992 Los Angeles riots. It shows events and tensions in the city leading up to that time.

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What happens

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 is a 2017 American documentary film directed by John Ridley about the decade preceding and including the 1992 Los Angeles riots (also known as the Rodney King riots). It was produced by Lincoln Square Productions, a subsidiary of ABC News, and was released in theaters in Los Angeles and New York on April 21, 2017. A shorter version aired on ABC on April 28, 2017. A rebroadcast of the film took place on June 16, 2020. The film has received critical acclaim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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