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  • 2017
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m

Summary LA 92 looks at the events of 1992 from a multitude of vantage points, bringing a fresh perspective to a pivotal moment that reverberates to this day. Told entirely through stunning and rarely seen archival footage, the film captures the shock, disappointment and fury felt by many Angelenos, particularly those in the African-American comm...

Directed By: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin

  • 2017
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • 1 h 54 m

LA 92

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings
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Summary LA 92 looks at the events of 1992 from a multitude of vantage points, bringing a fresh perspective to a pivotal moment that reverberates to this day. Told entirely through stunning and rarely seen archival footage, the film captures the shock, disappointment and fury felt by many Angelenos, particularly those in the African-American comm...

Directed By: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin

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100
Apr 28, 2017
The 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.
By Chris Barsanti FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 27, 2017
Thanks 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.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 27, 2017
[A] taut and commanding primer.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 29, 2017
The 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.
By Matthew Anderson FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 20, 2017
This is a valuable companion piece to other accounts and a vivid collage of in-the-moment imagery.
By Dave Calhoun FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 20, 2017
LA 92’s reliance on news and eyewitness footage leaves it vulnerable to the same limitations as that footage – namely the prioritising of sensationalism over insight.
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50
Apr 20, 2017
LA 92 is about what this all looked like on TV, a sort of Los Angeles Burns Itself.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings
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0% Negative
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Production Company National Geographic, Lightbox
Release Date Apr 28, 2017
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The Past Is Prologue
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Awards

International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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