Riot
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Galen Yuen
Sarah Rayne
Lupe Ontiveros
Hawthorne James
Luke Perry
Phil Wong
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Fictionalized vignettes which examine the 1992 Los Angeles riots from four distinct ethnic perspectives: Asian, Latino, white and black. "Gold Mountain" attempts to delineate the familiar generational split between Old World Chinese parents and their New World son while the family liquor store is being looted. The second segment, "Caught in the Fever," traces how a young Latino couple goes over the line into joining lawless hysteria despite their knowing better. "Empty" focuses on a clean-cut white L.A. cop who begins his day asking "What happened to the country?.. How did we go from Martin Luther King to Rodney King?" but is forced to make crucial decisions when he is caught in the middle of the riots. And the final segment, "Homecoming Day," tries to relate a multiplicity of black generational perspectives about the negative aspects of living in South Central.
Cast
Sarah Rayne
Lupe Ontiveros
Hawthorne James
Luke Perry
Phil Wong
Jermaine Hopkins
Clifton Powell
Wendy Walsh
Peter Dobson
Judy Kerr
Kim Oja
Lou Myers
Dean Norris
Kieu Chinh
Derek Basco
Dana Chelette
Michael Bogert
Norman Duarte
Yelba Osorio
Bryan Jenkins
Mario Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
Mykal Wayne Williams
J.d. Hall
Seidy Lopez
Steven Meek
Randal P Earnest
Jonell Kennedy
Mako
Douglas Spain
Alexis Cruz
Patricia Hodges
Lucy Liu
Paula Jai Parker
Pat Desilva
Ernie Lee Banks
Dante Basco
Nigel Thatch
Dwayne L Barnes
Byron Minns
Irene Olga Lopez
Carlos G=mez
John Ortiz
Moira Walley
Marlow Wyatt
Angelle Brooks
Lee Weaver
Bebe Drake
Cicely Tyson
Crew
Corwin Bibb
Lynn Bopeley
Bill Brown
Norman Buckley
James A Carlton
Melanie Chapman
Dorian Cheah
Jon Cowan
Luke Cresswell
Louis Dicesare
Richard Dilello
Karen Dimmig
Edward Dunlop
Richard Eliano
Melanie J. Elin
Paul Elliott
Mary Erstad
Sean Fahimian
Alan Freedman
Karen Frischmann
Fred Fuchs
Rusty Geller
Jason George
Danielle Ghent
Danielle Ghent
David Giella
Patrick Giraudi
Shelly Glasser
Shelly Glasser
Kurt Godel
Wendy Goldman
Jacob Goldstein
Kenneth Gonzales
Bruce Greene
Bob Hall
Hope Hanafin
Mitzi Haralson
D J Harder
Catherine Harper
Barbara Harris
Gary Hellerstein
Brian Hennessy
David Hogan
Dean Hovey
William Howard
Chris Howell
Cheri Jacobs
David C Johnson
Robin Jorden
Tim King
Yoona Kwak
Kyle Labrache
Laura Laird
Scott Allen Logan
Elizabeth Ludwick
David Mann
Diane Marshall
Rhonda Marshall
Denise Martinez
David Massey
Darrin Mcallister
Daniel C. Mcfadden
Bob Mcmillian
Steve Mcnicholas
Vincent Montefusco
Ben Morahan
Chris Moriana
Justin Muller
Loe Napolitano
Cynthia Nicolella
Ngoli Vukani Nyirenda
Steven Pehl
Michael Pizzuto
Judith A Polone
Natali K. Pope
Wynona Price
Spencer Proffer
Douglas W Randall
Jani R Randall
Roberto Rodriguez
Jason Schmid
Jason Schmid
Roger Schweitzer
Steve Scoville
Susan Shin
Stephen Sinclair
Peyton Skelton
John V Smalley
Alan Steinman
Roger Still
Andrew Tepper
Chad Tomasoski
Beecher J Tomlinson
Edward Tucker
Joe Vasquez
Sharon L Vise
Rick Waddell
Rick Walsh
Warren Washington
Elmo Weber
Mark Wieringa
James A Williams
Dennis K Wilson
Harry Winer
Galen Yuen
Kelly Zirbes
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States 1996
Aired in United States April 27, 1997
Aired in United States October 7, 1997
Released in United States on Video October 7, 1997
Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 30 - September 2, 1996.
Director Joe Vasquez, who was attached to this project, died December 16, 1995 due to complications resulting from AIDS.
Began shooting February 14, 1996.
