The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
An archival documentary about the U.S. military’s response to the political and racial injustices of the late 1960s: take a military base, build a mock inner-city set, cast soldiers to play rioters, burn the place down, and film it all.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic82/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Tobi HaslettWriter
- Jace ClaytonOriginal Music Composer
- Sierra PettengillDirector
Cast
- Charlene ModesteNarrator
- Fred R. HarrisSelf (archive footage)
- Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
- Robert ByrdSelf (archive footage)
- Spiro AgnewSelf (archive footage)
- Strom ThurmondSelf (archive footage)
- Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
civil rightssocial justicepolitical unrestwoman director1960s