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Riotsville, U.S.A. / Magnolia Pictures and Field of Vision present ; in association with XRM Media, LinLay Productions, Canal & the Gallery, Trailer 9, Arch + Bow Films ; a documentary film by Sierra Pettengill ; writer, Tobi Haslett ; produced by Sara Archambault, Jamila Wignot ; director and archival researcher, Sierra Pettengill.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 11776 | Magnolia Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: [New York, New York] : Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music composed by Jace Clayton ; editor, Nels Bangerter.
Charlene Modeste, narrator.Summary: Focusing on unearthed military training footage of Army-built model towns called "Riotsvilles," where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder, director Sierra Pettengill reconstructs the formation of a national consciousness obsessed with maintaining law and order by any means necessary. Drawing insight from a time similar to our own, the film pulls focus on American institutional control; how it's constructed and how it manages to rumble on.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 973.0496 R586 Available 33111009982923
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Documentary filmmaker Sierra Pettengill offers a raw, incisive look at an experimental government initiative known as Riotsville, a fictional town constructed by the United States military and peopled by its personnel in the late 1960s. The narrative interrogates aggressive militarization in the United States as a response to the civilian right to protest. The documentary features the voice of Charlene Modeste as the narrator. ~ Maggie Sadler, Rovi

DVD.

English dialogue.

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Charlene Modeste, narrator.

Rating: Not rated.

Focusing on unearthed military training footage of Army-built model towns called "Riotsvilles," where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder, director Sierra Pettengill reconstructs the formation of a national consciousness obsessed with maintaining law and order by any means necessary. Drawing insight from a time similar to our own, the film pulls focus on American institutional control; how it's constructed and how it manages to rumble on.

Music composed by Jace Clayton ; editor, Nels Bangerter.

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