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Riot (1997 film)

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man who has recently moved his new family out of "the ghetto", visits the store his father used to own in the old neighborhood and seeks to give some good news to his mother who has vivid memories from living through the
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teenager tries to live a straight life and do well in school so he will not make the same mistakes his older brother had made, and be able to provide as best he can for his current and future family. A
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less than thirty years prior. These four stories are nominally separate vignettes, but interact with each other throughout the film.
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officer struggles with obligations from his new girlfriend and not-quite-ex-wife, while confronting a surprisingly
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The film dissects the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict and the ensuing riots through four narratives. A
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owner tries to come to an understanding with his assimilating teenage son who sees his father's
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Alex Munoz
Richard Di Lello
David C. Johnson
Joseph B. Vasquez
Dante Basco
Kieu Chinh
Mako
Alexis Cruz
John Ortiz
Douglas Spain
Luke Perry
Peter Dobson
Mario van Peebles
Melvin van Peebles
Cicely Tyson
Paul Elliott
Norman Buckley
Luke Cresswell
Steve McNicholas
Luke Perry
Mario Van Peebles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles riots of 1992
Rodney King
Chinese
liquor store
old world
Buddhism
Hispanic

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