"The past is prologue"

2017

1h 54m

7.7(130 votes)

History

Documentary

Overview

Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.

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44 members

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Rodney King

Self (archive footage)

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George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage)

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Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

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Ted Koppel

Self (archive footage)

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Edward James Olmos

Self (archive footage)

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Maxine Waters

Self (archive footage)

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Tom Bradley

Self (archive footage)

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Danny Bakewell Sr.

Self (archive footage)

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Soon Ja Du

Self (archive footage)

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Daryl Gates

Self (archive footage)

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Tom Brokaw

Self (archive footage)

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John Drummond Barnett

Self (archival footage)

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Henry Alfaro

Self - KABC Reporter (archive footage)

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Danny Bakewell Sr.

Self - Civl Rights Activist (archive footage)

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Bart Bartholomew

Self (archive footage)

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Michael Bostic

Self - LAPD Commander (archive footage)

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Theodore Briseno

Self - Defendant (archive footage)

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Edward Chang

Self - Black-Korean Alliance (archive footage)

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Reginald Denny

Self (archive footage)

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John Ferraro

Self - Council President District 4 (archive footage)

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Tim Goldman

Self (archive footage)

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Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage)

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David Joo

Self (archive footage)

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Joyce Karlin

Self - Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge (archive footage)

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Stacey Koon

Self - Defendant (archive footage)

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Charles Manson

Self (archive footage)

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Antoine Miller

Self (archive footage)

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Darryl Mounger

Self - Attorney for Stacey Koon (archive footage)

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Charles Muhammad

Self - Nation of Islam (archive footage)

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Tom Newsome

Self - Civil Rights Attorney (archive footage)

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W.H. Parker

Self - LAPD Chief (archive footage)

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Laurence Powell

Self - Defendant (archive footage)

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Eric 'Rico' Reed

Self - KJLH Radio (archive footage)

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Ramona Ripston

Self - ACLU (archive footage)

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John Shabazz

Self - Minister (archive footage)

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Sirhan Sirhan

Self (archive footage)

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Rita Walters

Self - City Councilmember (archive footage)

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Henry Keith Watson

Self (archive footage)

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Terry White

Self - Prosecutor (archive footage)

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Damian 'Football' Williams

Self (archive footage)

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Gary Williams

Self (archive footage)

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Pete Wilson

Self - Governor of California (archive footage)

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Timothy Wind

Self - Defendant (archive footage)

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Zev Yaroslavsky

Self - City Councilmember (archive footage)

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