An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Field of Vision, Sundance Institute, Arch + Bow Films, Catapult Film Fund
Keywords
- civil rights
- social justice
- political unrest
- woman director
- 1960s
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Top Cast
Charlene Modeste as Narrator
Fred R. Harris as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
Robert Byrd as Self (archive footage)
Spiro Agnew as Self (archive footage)
Strom Thurmond as Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)
Top Crew
Sierra Pettengill · Director
Tobi Haslett · Writer
Jace Clayton · Composer
Nels Bangerter · Editor
Sara Archambault · Producer
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