Synopsis
Welcome to RIOTSVILLE, USA, a turning point in American history where the protest movements of the late 1960s came into conflict with increasingly militarized police departments. Focusing on unearthed military training footage of Army-built model towns called “Riotsvilles,” where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder, director Sierra Pettengill reconstructs the formation of a national consciousness obsessed with maintaining law and order by any means necessary. Drawing insight from a time similar to our own, RIOTSVILLE, USA pulls focus on American institutional control; how it’s constructed and how it manages to rumble on.
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Movie Details
United Kingdom Releases: | March 31st, 2023 (Limited) |
Video Release: | December 13th, 2022 by Magnolia Home Entertainment |
Running Time: | 91 minutes |
Keywords: | Sundance Film Festival 2022, 1960s, Political, Political Protest, Police Brutality |
Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
Genre: | Documentary |
Production Method: | Live Action |
Creative Type: | Factual |
Production/Financing Companies: | Magnolia Pictures, Field of Vision, XRM Media, Linlay Productions, Canal & The Gallery, Trailer 9, Arch + Bow Films |
Production Countries: | United States |
Languages: | English |