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Riotsville, USA review – disquieting study of police tactics to deal with social unrest

Echoing the work of Adam Curtis, film-maker Sierra Pettengill curates archive footage from riot-torn 60s America to create an unsettling picture of the authorities’ response

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2023

New this week: Margo Price and 'Gold, Lies & Videotape'

This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from country singer-songwriter Margo Price, a new investigative TV series about a family who claim their ancestors discovered a fortune in a New Mexico cave, and the documentary “Riotsville, USA” about a fake town that the U.S. military created in the 1960s…

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023

'Riotsville, U.S.A.' Explores the Origins of Police Militarization

Sierra Pettengill's documentary focuses on the fake towns, built by the Army in the 1960s, to train law enforcement.

Reason · Oct 7, 2022