Movie
LA 92
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-04-28
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- History, Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- National Geographic, National Geographic Documentary Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rodney King as Self (archive footage)
- George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
- Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)
- Ted Koppel as Self (archive footage)
- Edward James Olmos as Self (archive footage)
- Maxine Waters as Self (archive footage)
- Tom Bradley as Self (archive footage)
- Danny Bakewell Sr. as Self (archive footage)
- Soon Ja Du as Self (archive footage)
- Daryl Gates as Self (archive footage)
- Tom Brokaw as Self (archive footage)
- John Drummond Barnett as Self (archival footage)
Crew
- T.J. Martin - Director
- Daniel Lindsay - Director
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