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Riotsville, USA
2022 6.2 (3 votes) 1h 30m
Official Website
Genres
Documentary History
Production Companies
Field of Vision
Sundance Institute
Arch + Bow Films
Catapult Film Fund
Doc Society
XRM Media
LinLay Productions

Riotsville, USA

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.

Key Crew

Writer: Tobi Haslett

Director: Sierra Pettengill

Producer: Sara Archambault, Jamila Wignot

Top Cast

Charlene Modeste

Narrator

Fred R. Harris
Fred R. Harris

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Robert Byrd
Robert Byrd

Self (archive footage)

Spiro Agnew
Spiro Agnew

Self (archive footage)

Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Videos

Official Trailer

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