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LA 92 (2017)
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
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Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
Rating:R
Genre:History, Documentary
Written By:
In Theaters:4/28/2017
Box Office:
Runtime:114 minutes
Studio:National Geographic, National Geographic Documentary Films
Cast
T.J. Martin, Daniel Lindsay
Director
Rodney King
Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Ted Koppel
Self (archive footage)
Edward James Olmos
Self (archive footage)
Maxine Waters
Self (archive footage)
Tom Bradley
Self (archive footage)
Danny Bakewell Sr.
Self (archive footage)
Soon Ja Du
Self (archive footage)
Daryl Gates
Self (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw
Self (archive footage)
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