Let It Fall: L.A. 1982-1992

Name: Let It Fall: L.A. 1982-1992
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 21, 2017
Duration: 144 min
Rating: 92

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American Broadcasting Company (ABC) | Release Date: April 21, 2017 | Not Rated

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.

Director: John Ridley

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 144 min

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Sheri Linden

Apr 20, 2017

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. Read full review

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Apr 20, 2017

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. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Apr 20, 2017

"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. Read full review

Robert Abele

Apr 22, 2017

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. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Apr 20, 2017

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. Read full review

Sonia Saraiya

Apr 20, 2017

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. Read full review

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lancekoz

Jul 28, 2020

This was a mind-blowing documentary...which only feels more important considering recent times in the US. Ashame it seems to have been seen by so few (I caught it only recently on PBS). It's long and involving.... and every facet shows its complexity. These are the types of things thatThis was a mind-blowing documentary...which only feels more important considering recent times in the US. Ashame it seems to have been seen by so few (I caught it only recently on PBS). It's long and involving.... and every facet shows its complexity. These are the types of things that happen in a melting pot society that tries to be just but still falls short.… Expand

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