Riotsville, USA
Sep 16 2022
•2h 30m
•Documentary, History
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.
Cast
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Charlene Modeste
Narrator
Fred R. Harris
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Robert Byrd
Self (archive footage)
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