DVD
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Narrator, Charlene Modeste.
Publication Information
Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2022.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 91 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Welcome to Riotsville, a model town built by the U.S. military to train police to quell protests. The film explores the militarization of the police and takes an alternate approach to the nation's reaction to the uprisings of the late '60s.
Notes
DVD release of the 2022 documentary.
Subjects
- Militarization of police > United States.
- Police training > United States.
- Police > Special weapons and tactics units > United States.
- Police > United States.
- Military education > United States.
- Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
- Protest movements > United States > History > 20th century.
- Crowd control > United States.
- Riot control > United States.
- United States > Armed Forces.