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Rating: 8 stars

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Los Angeles riot 1990s race discrimination looting trial context black history police brutality arson Korean

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LA 92 (2017)

Directed by T.J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay

Documentary | History

Overview

Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.

Rated R | Length 114 minutes

Actors

Rodney King | George H. W. Bush | Bill Clinton | Ted Koppel | Edward James Olmos | Maxine Waters | Tom Bradley | Danny Bakewell Sr. | Soon Ja Du | Daryl Gates | Tom Brokaw | John Drummond Barnett

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Great, sobering documentary that shows the L.A. riots of 1992 in a greater historical context of things like the Watts riots of 1965, the Rodney King trial and the Korean shop owner who killed a 15 year old black girl.

I knew nothing of the Korean shop owner’s trial, which really gave context to the animosity towards Korean-owned businesses in South Central L.A. during the riots.

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