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Riotsville (events)

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Welcome to Riotsville, USA–a point in American history when the nation’s rulers–politicians, bureaucrats, police–were faced with the mounting militancy of the late-1960s, and did everything possible to win the war in the streets. Using training footage of Army-built model towns called “Riotsvilles” where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder, in addition to nationally broadcast news media, director Sierra Pettengill connects the stagecraft of “law and order” to the real violence of state practice. Recovering an obscured history whose effects have shaped the present in ways both insidious and explosive, RIOTSVILLE, USA is a poetic and furious reflection on the rebellions of the 1960s–and the machine that worked to destroy them.


Festival Participation

  • CPH:DOX - 2022
    NEXT:WAVE Award Nominee
  • Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival - 2022
    International Dox Award Nominee
  • Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival - 2022
    Best Documentary Winner
  • San Francisco International Film Festival - 2022
    Golden Gate Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature
  • Seattle International Film Festival - 2022
    Documentary Competition Award Nominee
  • Sundance Film Festival - 2022
    NEXT Innovator Award Nominee

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