“Riotsville, U.S.A.' uses archive footage to look into how the U.S. military in the 1960s prepared police for unrest by using a fictional town and soldiers as actors. “At some points, it seems like a joke. And then in other points, there's real violence.”
A scene from the documentary, Riotsville, U.S.A. Photo: Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.
Soldiers posed as white rioters instigated by Black agitators as the military and police used tear gas and ferocious force to quell the staged unrest.What they're saying:
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