Riot (1997 film)

Riot (1997 film)

Infobox Film
name = Riot


caption =
director = Galen Yuen
Alex Munoz
Richard Di Lello
David C. Johnson
producer = Shelly Glasser
writer = Galen Yuen
Joseph 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, and Lucy Liu. It was written and directed by four writers and directors of four different racial groups prominent in Los 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 Chinese liquor store owner tries to come to an understanding with his assimilating teenage son who sees his father's old world ways and non-aggressive Buddhism as signs of weakness. A Chicano 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 white LAPD officer struggles with obligations from his new girlfriend and not-quite-ex-wife, while confronting a surprisingly gung ho attitude from his fellow officers. An African 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 the Watts riots less than thirty years prior. These four stories are nominally separate vignettes, but interact with each other throughout the film.

Cast

ee also

* 1992 Los Angeles Riot
* 1965 Watts Riot

References

External links

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