Riotsville, U.S.A. (2022)

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Synopsis

Dir: Sierra Pettengill. Documentary. A look at Riotsville, USA, a fictitious town built for police and military training in response to the civil uprisings in the 1960s.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of cursing
• Infrequent portrayals and depictions of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, most in a staged context - some blood, little detail
• Infrequent depictions of injury - some blood, little detail
• Infrequent depictions of tobacco use in a historical context

Thematic elements

• The militarization of the police
• The 1960s
• Power and control

Classification rationale

Rated PG for violence

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