Riotsville, U.S.A. | |
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Directed by | Sierra Pettengill |
Written by | Tobi Haslett |
Produced by | Sara Archambault Jamila Wignot |
Edited by | Nels Bangerter |
Music by | Jace Clayton |
Production companies | Arch + Bow Films Canal & the Gallery Field of Vision LinLay Production Trailer 9 XRM Media |
Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Riotsville, U.S.A. is a 2022 American documentary film by Sierra Pettengill and narrated by Charlene Modeste.[1][2][3]
Using mainly archival footage shot by the media and U.S. government,[4][5][6] the film examines fictional towns (in which the filmmaker discovered after reading author Rick Perlstein's 2008 book Nixonland)[7] to combat rioters that were created by military officials during the civil unrest of 1960s America.[8][9][10][11][12]
The film received 90% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics.[13]