Riotsville, USA (2022)

  • NR
  • 01/21/2022 (US)
  • Documentary, History
  • 1h 30m

Overview

An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.

Tobi Haslett

Writer

Sierra Pettengill

Director

Cast

Charlene Modeste's headshot

Charlene Modeste

Narrator
Fred R. Harris's headshot

Fred R. Harris

Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson's headshot

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)
Robert Byrd's headshot

Robert Byrd

Self (archive footage)
Spiro Agnew's headshot

Spiro Agnew

Self (archive footage)
Strom Thurmond's headshot

Strom Thurmond

Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan's headshot

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

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