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Documentaries like LA 92

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The 3 reasons people love LA 92

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  1. You want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time.

  2. You want to see how a city answers police brutality and a verdict that cleared four officers.

  3. You like the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

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  • O.J.: Made in America2016

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time

    Good for you if you want to understand a trial through the city around it.

  • Bus 1742002

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time
    • the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Taxi to the Dark Side2008

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time
    • you want to see how a city answers police brutality and a verdict that cleared four officers

    Good for you if you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.

  • Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple2006

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time

    Good for you if you want to understand how ordinary people followed Jim Jones.

  • The Perfect Neighbor2025

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time
    • you want to see how a city answers police brutality and a verdict that cleared four officers
    • the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour

    Good for you if you like watching a small dispute build call after call toward something worse.

  • Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution2005

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time

    Good for you if you need to hear survivors and former guards tell it themselves.

  • Chernobyl2019

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time
    • the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour

    Good for you if you like dread that never lets go.

  • The Wire2002

    • you want to see how a city answers police brutality and a verdict that cleared four officers

    Good for you if you like seeing how police, politics and schools keep a city stuck.

  • Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror2021

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time
    • you want to see how a city answers police brutality and a verdict that cleared four officers

    Good for you if you want the personal stories of people who lived through that day.

  • Waco: American Apocalypse2023

    • you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time
    • the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour

    Good for you if you want to understand what really happened at Waco.

  • Them2021

    • the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour

    Good for you if you like dread that builds inside a family home.

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