Riotsville, USA
DocumentaryHistory
Overview
An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.
Tobi Haslett Writer
Sierra Pettengill Director
Top Billed Cast
Charlene Modeste
Narrator
Fred R. Harris
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Robert Byrd
Self (archive footage)
Spiro Agnew
Self (archive footage)
Strom Thurmond
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
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