L.A. Riots 25th anniversary documentary filmmakers weigh in on George Floyd protest comparisons

Los Angeles Times

In 2017, the 25th anniversary of the 1992 Rodney King verdict "uprising" spawned a number of documentaries, including John Ridley's Let It Fall: L.A. 1982-1992 for ABC that the network re-aired on Tuesday night. “It’s tough to be involved in a project like Let It Fall and realize that it continues to be relevant,” the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave writer Ridley said last week. “I don’t think history repeats itself. It sort of rhymes. What happened in Minneapolis is not exactly what happened in 1992, or in other killings. We can’t directly compare tragedies. But what you see is people being pushed to the brink. There is systemic bias, and that’s a reality.” Dan Lindsay, who co-directed National Geographic's LA 92, said of the recent protests: “There is something right now that seems broader in terms of the people in the streets and where it seems to be reaching. It’s more of a national conversation. Time will be the true judge of the actual results.”