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The story is told through a variety of voices from citizens, council members, law enforcement, rescuers and. For 16 years, carol park spent much of her spare time behind bulletproof windows at a gas station owned by. Rodney king verdicts swept the city into some of the mostdestructive rioting in u. Singleton also appears in the film and brings to it the sensibility of a filmmaker, a south. The story is told through a variety of voices from citizens, council. An original twohour documentary marking the 25th anniversary of the infamous l. Produced by and featuring oscarnominated writerdirector john singleton, this film opens with video footage of the 2016 fatal police shootings. Riots and the many documentaries looking back on it. A new film by roger guenveur smith and spike lee illuminates the king we never knew. He makes sure to stop in a welllit area near an apartment complex. Despite the brutality caught on tape, kings assailants were all acquitted, 25 years ago, on. The riots 25 years later tells the story of the civil. From fires and looting to 12hour patrols, they reflect on the changes since then and the tensions that still linger.
Community rallies to mark 25th anniversary of the l. The glut of new films, marking the 25th anniversary of the unrest, are. Whats changed since video recording of lapd beating rodney king. The riots 25 years later, which kicks off with a roll call of the black people whose deaths in recent years have sparked protests about policing. Riots is currently streaming online and airing regularly on the. The story is told through a variety of voices from citizens, council m. Despite sharing essentially the exact same material, the five films are. The riots kicked off after four police officers were acquitted by a jury on charges of beating african american rodney king during his arrest, despite there being clear video footage of them brutally. Las violent uprising of 1992 returns to tv 25 years later. The film views the infamous intersection and the events that transpired there through the lens of the people who converged.
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