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- 2017
- TV-MA
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
- 2 h 24 m
- 2017
- TV-MA
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
- 2 h 24 m
Summary Let It Fall takes a unique and in-depth look at the years and events leading up to the city-wide violence that began April 29, 1992, when the verdict was announced in the Rodney King case.
Directed By: John Ridley
Written By: John Ridley
- 2017
- TV-MA
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
- 2 h 24 m
- 2017
- TV-MA
- American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
- 2 h 24 m
Let It Fall: L.A. 1982-1992
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Summary Let It Fall takes a unique and in-depth look at the years and events leading up to the city-wide violence that began April 29, 1992, when the verdict was announced in the Rodney King case.
Directed By: John Ridley
Written By: John Ridley
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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The incisive beauty of the documentary, and its power, is that it's not a thesis or an argument but a full-blooded, multifaceted real-life drama.
Teeming with acts both heroic and reprehensible, John Ridley’s wrenchingly humane documentary, Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, reveals the Los Angeles riots as the almost inevitable culmination of a decade of heightening racial tensions.
This is history from the inside, told by people who don’t always look like they’ve gotten past it, and it’s what makes “Let it Fall” so memorable.
"Let It Fall" understands the value of allowing its interview subjects to talk at greater, more involving length than is usual for documentaries, a technique that illuminates the complexities of reality and gives listeners a sense of the emotional textures of these people's lives.
There are moments in “Let It Fall” that feel like a significant reframing of the riots, both in terms of what actually happened and in terms of who’s really to blame.
In those days after the misbegotten verdict in the trial of the four police officers who kicked and beat Rodney King, these Angelenos discovered what they and their neighbors were capable of. Ridley’s patient, humane approach allows us, over his film’s 145 minutes, to discover it, too.
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Production Company
Lincoln Square Productions
Release Date Apr 21, 2017
Duration 2 h 24 m
Rating TV-MA
Genres
Tagline The Rodney King Riots didn't start with Rodney King
Website
https://www.letitfallmovie.com/
Awards
Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
• 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
