- Riot (1997 film)
Infobox Film
name = Riot
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director =Galen Yuen Alex Munoz Richard Di Lello David C. Johnson
producer =Shelly Glasser
writer = Galen YuenJoseph B. Vasquez
Richard Di Lello
David C. Johnson
starring =Luke Perry Mario van Peebles Lucy Liu
music =Luke Cresswell Steve McNicholas
cinematography =Paul Elliott
editing =Norman Buckley
distributor =
released =
runtime = 105 minutes
country = USA
language = English, Spanish, Chinese
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:176577
imdb_id = 0120021"Riot" is a 1997 film starring
Luke Perry ,Mario Van Peebles , andLucy Liu . It was written and directed by four writers and directors of four different racial groups prominent inLos Angeles . The title riot is the Rodney King riot in Los Angeles.Plot
The film dissects the aftermath of the
Rodney King verdict and the ensuing riots through four narratives. A Chineseliquor store owner tries to come to an understanding with his assimilating teenage son who sees his father'sold world ways and non-aggressiveBuddhism as signs of weakness. AChicano teenager tries to live a straight life and do well in school so he will not make the same mistakes his older brother had made, and be able to provide as best he can for his current and future family. A whiteLAPD officer struggles with obligations from his new girlfriend and not-quite-ex-wife, while confronting a surprisinglygung ho attitude from his fellow officers. AnAfrican American middle class man who has recently moved his new family out of "the ghetto", visits the store his father used to own in the old neighborhood and seeks to give some good news to his mother who has vivid memories from living through theWatts riots less than thirty years prior. These four stories are nominally separate vignettes, but interact with each other throughout the film.Cast
ee also
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1992 Los Angeles Riot
*1965 Watts Riot References
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