The first feature film by a sub-Saharan director, the black-and-white New Wave film revolved around a young Senegalese maid working for a wealthy family in France. (soundbite of documentary, "la 92") UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: Police Chief Parker described Los Angeles negro rioters as monkeys in a zoo, and negro … Now, after 25 years, National Geographic Documentary Films presents ‘LA 92’, a riveting look back at the controversial Rodney King trial and subsequent protests, violence, and looting of the city. An in-depth doc about the riots that swept Los Angeles in the summer of 1992. “LA 92,” on National Geographic, is constructed entirely of archival footage, edited together with rigorous precision. Review: In ‘LA 92,’ the Los Angeles Riots Feel Like Today’s News Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s documentary “LA 92” looks at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. 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. 'LA 92’ Movie Review: 'Relevant, Eerie and Raw' Documentary about the Los Angeles riots premieres at Tribeca Film Festival. Unrest began in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, after a jury acquitted four officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) charged with using excessive force in the arrest and beating of Rodney King. Other documentaries have narrating voiceovers. Film, Documentaries. 3 out of 5 stars. LA 92. 3 out of 5 stars. The 1992 Los Angeles riots, sometimes called the 1992 Los Angeles uprising, were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in Los Angeles County in April and May 1992. Complete summary of Anna Deavere Smith's Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Written by Clay Cane. Time Out says. “LA 92,” at the Laemmle Noho on April 28, two days before it is broadcast on the National Geographic Channel, takes the opposite tack. Los Angeles Riots of 1992, major outbreak of violence, looting, and arson in Los Angeles that began on April 29, 1992, in response to the acquittal of four white Los Angeles policemen on all but one charge (on which the jury was deadlocked) connected with the severe beating of an African American motorist in March 1991. Directed by Dan … Published April 27, 2017.