Should you watch LA 92?
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LA 92
Documentary · 2017
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
The sides of LA 92
- The Rodney King beating on videotape
- Six days of riots in Los Angeles
- Archive footage with no narrator
LA 92 is good for you if…
- 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.
- you like the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour.
LA 92 is bad for you if…
- you can't watch real beatings and fires on screen.
- you'd rather not sit through real racism and real deaths.
About: racism · police · anger
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