Friday, August 4, 7pm Screening Riotsville, U.S.A.
Directed by Sierra Pettengill
Runtime: 1 hr. 31 min.
Followed by a Q&A with Hamid Khan from Stop LAPD Spying
Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the U.S. military. Using footage shot by the media and the government, Riotsville, U.S.A.explores the militarization of the police and the reaction of a nation to the uprisings of the late ’60s, creating a counter-narrative to a critical moment in the country’s history.
