Los Angeles Riots Film

Zoot suit riots is a powerful film that explores the complicated racial tensions and the changing social and political landscape that led up to the explosion on la s streets in the summer of 1943.

Los angeles riots film. Directed by john ridley. The film riot 1997 looks at the riots and their effect on the lives of four families. Nate d sanders auctions in la will take bids.

One chinese one hispanic one white and one black. Anna deavere smith as henry keith watson in twilight. Twenty five years after the verdict in the rodney king trial sparked several days of protests violence and looting in los angeles filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.

In the film american history x 1998 characters argue about the circumstances of rodney king s arrest. The riots which followed the acquittal by a white jury of four police officers who were videotaped beating black motorist rodney king caused the death of 55 people thousands of injuries and close to 1 billion in damage. Film la 92 is a 2017 american documentary film about the 1992 los angeles riots directed by daniel lindsay and t.

The 1992 los angeles riots sometimes called the 1992 los angeles uprising were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in los angeles county in april and may 1992. It premiered at the tribeca film festival on april 21 2017 opened in theaters on april 28 2017 and aired on national geographic channel on april 30 2017. In the film baseketball 1998 los angeles team is named after the riots.

The camera used to film the beating of rodney king by los angeles police in 1991 a case that triggered deadly race riots is to be auctioned this week. With henry alfaro danny bakewell john d. Directed by daniel lindsay t j.

Rodney glen king april 2 1965 june 17 2012 was an american author and activist who was a victim of police brutality by the los angeles police department on march 3 1991 king was beaten by lapd officers after a high speed chase during his arrest for drunk driving on i 210 a civilian george holliday filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage to local news.