What should have been a no-brainer for Oscar contention, John Ridley’s
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 is a mesmerizing documentary investigation into the dysfunctional history of the City of Angels in the decade before, during, and immediately after the LA riots, which were infamously sparked by the acquittal of four LAPD officers, caught on camera beating a man named Rodney King.
Unsurprisingly, given that Ridley won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for
12 Years a Slave, it’s also the most thrillingly literary approach to the documentary form I’ve seen all year.
In early November, I was fortunate enough to chat with Ridley as
Let It Fall was still making its post-theatrical festival rounds.
To read my interview visit
The Rumpus.
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