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Riotsville, U.S.A. is a 2022 American documentary film by Sierra Pettengill and narrated by Charlene Modeste.
Mar 31, 2023 · Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. Using all archival footage, the film explores the militarization of the police and creates a counter-narrative to the nation's reaction to the uprisings of the late '60s.
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- Documentary, History
- Sierra Pettengill
- 2023-03-31
Sep 16, 2022 · “Riotsville, U.S.A.,” the title of director Sierra Pettengill bleak and intense documentary, sounds like a provocation on the filmmaker’s part. Then you realize it refers to the actual name of a fictional place the U.S. military created in the 1960’s.
Aug 16, 2022 · Drawing insight from a time similar to our own, RIOTSVILLE, USA pulls focus on American institutional control and offers a compelling case that if the history of race in America rhymes, it is...
- 2 min
- 63.7K
- Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
Sep 27, 2022 · Riotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarization. How the director of an astonishing new documentary used old government footage to shed light on the present.
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.
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- Documentary, History
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Jan 28, 2022 · It is an invented town, a fictional locale constructed by the U.S. military. Why does a place like this exist? It’s a question that Sierra Pettengill’s riveting documentary Riotsville, USA...
