San Francisco Public Library

Riotsville, U.S.A, Magnolia Pictures and Field of Vision present ; in association with XRM Media, LinLay Productions, Canal & the Gallery, Trailer 9, Arch + Bow Films ; a documentary film by Sierra Pettengill ; writer, Tobi Haslett ; produced by Sara Archambault, Jamila Wignot ; director and archival researcher, Sierra Pettengill

eng

videorecording

Rating: Not rated

Riotsville, U.S.A

videorecording

1347244410

Magnolia Pictures and Field of Vision present ; in association with XRM Media, LinLay Productions, Canal & the Gallery, Trailer 9, Arch + Bow Films ; a documentary film by Sierra Pettengill ; writer, Tobi Haslett ; produced by Sara Archambault, Jamila Wignot ; director and archival researcher, Sierra Pettengill

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Focusing on unearthed military training footage of Army-built model towns called "Riotsvilles," where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder, director Sierra Pettengill reconstructs the formation of a national consciousness obsessed with maintaining law and order by any means necessary. Drawing insight from a time similar to our own, the film pulls focus on American institutional control; how it's constructed and how it manages to rumble on

adult

live action