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Title:

The Rodney King incident : race and justice in America / Manifold Productions, Inc. ; writer, producer, director, Michael Pack.

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

1 videocassette (56 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

King, Rodney,--1965-2012--Interviews.
Police--History--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.
Discrimination in law enforcement--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Police brutality--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Riots--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
African Americans--Crimes against--Los Angeles.--Los Angeles.
Television broadcasting of news--United States--Objectivity.
Journalism--Objectivity.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--History--20th century.
Racism--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Pack, Michael. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94027166
Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no90001357
King, Rodney, 1965-2012. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008032573
Gates, Daryl F., 1926-2010. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91115517
Manifold Productions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88295415
Films for the Humanities (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80050316

Notes:

Narrator, Robert Prosky.

Summary:

Presents the unedited version of the Rodney King videotape as well as new evidence ignored by the major media at the time. All of the key participants are interviewed, including Rodney King, the police officers, the state trial prosecutor, and former L.A. Police Chief Daryl Gates. All parties offer their divergent points of view about these tumultuous events.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40548418

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)