Riotsville, USA

Sep 16, 2022

1h 30m

★ 4.9

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Field of Vision

Sundance Institute

Arch + Bow Films

Catapult Film Fund

Doc Society

XRM Media

LinLay Productions

Riotsville, USA Trailers

Cast

Narrator

Charlene Modeste

Self (archive footage)

Fred R. Harris

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Robert Byrd

Self (archive footage)

Spiro Agnew

Self (archive footage)

Strom Thurmond

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

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