Riotsville, USA

Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. Using all archival footage, the film explores the militarisation of the police.

Director Sierra Pettengill shifts our historic gaze from the rebellions in Chicago, Newark, and Detroit, focusing on unearthed military training footage of Army-built model towns called “Riotsvilles,” where military and police were trained to respond to domestic civil disorder.

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