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Sierra Pettengill is known for Riotsville, U.S.A. (2022), The Reagan Show (2017) and The Rifleman (2021).
Sep 27, 2022 · I was eager to speak with director Sierra Pettengill about the film, making old footage alive to today’s viewer, our horrendous historical amnesia, and why she sees glimmers of hope in it all. It...
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Jan 22, 2022 · Where Sierra Pettengill’s previous all-archival film, The Reagan Show (co-directed with Pacho Velez), asked the question “How did we get here?” by re-examining the ’80s, her new feature Riotsville, USA goes back further, to the oft-examined period from roughly 1967 to 1968.
Sep 15, 2022 · “There are some immersive archival films where you feel like you feel like you're there in the moment,” director Sierra Pettengill told VICE. “I didn't want to make one of those. The question...
Director Sierra Pettengill worked collaboratively with a team that included Tobi Haslett, who wrote the film’s voiceover, Charlene Modeste, who performed it, editor Nels Bangerter, and musician Jace Clayton to carefully unpack the historical context of police militarization in the 1960s.
Apr 18, 2022 · Hyperallergic talks to director Sierra Pettengill about her documentary Riotsville, USA, which finds the roots of modern policing techniques in the 1960s
