
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.... (Full plot summary below)
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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, filmmakers examine that tumultuous period through rarely seen archival footage.
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| The PlaylistChris BarsantiThe broad-spectrum approach of LA 92 resists easy answers while still holding a strong editorial viewpoint about the overlapping institutional defects that led to the riots. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonAn immersive, you-are-there experience that is as dramatic (or more so) as any Hollywood feature film. |
| The Young FolksNathanael HoodLA 92 is less a straight-forward documentary than a cinematic symphony; it's less interested in the nitty-gritty...[but] the orgasmic release of the hate and fury that provoked it, and the shell-shocked disbelief that followed it. |
| VarietySonia SaraiyaIt's a remarkable commentary on overlapping media, and an immersive history of the moment. |
| Dare DanielDaniel BarnesA harrowing, sweeping, intelligent, dynamic and elegantly constructed montage. |
| Film InquiryArlin GoldenIt's remarkable how Lindsay and Martin were able to take from all these disparate sources and build such a clear narrative through line. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThanks in part to excellent editing and a subtly gripping score by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans, LA 92 never lags during its nearly two-hour running time. |
| Financial TimesMartin HoyleLA 92 is a superb slice of history, the picture of a society that didn't know what was going to hit it as seething grudges came to a head, leaving the country stunned and perhaps changed forever. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeLA 92 feels like a journey back in time, albeit all too much like today. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe superb editing of news footage, the home video recording of the King beating and a dizzying amount of imagery from the heart of darkness during the riots throws us into the unfolding disturbances with minute-by-minute immediacy. |