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Town Hall Los Angeles
John Ridley: Police Brutality and Rodney King Uprising
John Ridley, Oscar Winning Filmmaker, talks about his film “"Let it Fall Los Angeles 1982-1992" and discusses police brutality, the Rodney King riots and what they meant for the different minority groups living in Los Angeles.
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