Riotsville, U.S.A.
- February 2 @ 7:00 PM
- until 9:00 PM
- Logan Center for the Arts 201
- 915 E 60th St
- 915 E 60th St
Welcome to Riotsville, U.S.A., a fictional town built by the U.S. military in response to the mounting militancy of the late-1960s protest movement, and a desperate attempt by the nation’s rulers—politicians, bureaucrats, and police—to win the war in the streets. Using actual footage from these “Riotsvilles” where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder, in addition selections from nationally broadcast news, director Sierra Pettengill connects the stagecraft of “law and order” to the real violence of state practice and militarization. Recovering an obscured history whose effects have shaped the present in ways both insidious and explosive, Riotsville, U.S.A. (USA, 2022, 91 min., DCP) is a poetic and furious reflection on the rebellions of the 1960s and the machine that worked to destroy them. 3CT fellow Allyson Nadia Field will introduce the film.