New York Times Critic’s Pick RIOTSVILLE, U.S.A. With Producer Sara Archambault, In Person At Amherst Cinema, November 17
Photo: Riotsville, U.S.A.
Source: Amherst Cinema
Producer Sara Archambault will appear at the Amherst Cinema for a one-night-only presentation of Riotsville, U.S.A. on Thursday, November 17 at 7 p.m. The appearance is part of the Bellwether Film Series. Following the film, Archambault will talk with Bellwether programmer George Myers and take questions from the theater audience. Tickets to Riotsville, U.S.A. are free for Amherst Cinema Members. All other tickets are regular admission prices. Tickets are available at the box office and online: https://amherstcinema.org/films-and-events/riotsville-usa.
About The Film
Welcome to Riotsville, U.S.A.—a point in American history when the nation’s politicians, bureaucrats, and police were faced with the mounting militancy of the late-1960s, and did everything possible to win the war in the streets. Using training footage of Army-built model towns called “Riotsvilles” where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder, in addition to nationally broadcast news media, director Sierra Pettengill connects the stagecraft of “law and order” to the real violence of state practice. Recovering an obscured history whose effects have shaped the present in ways both insidious and explosive, Riotsville, U.S.A. is a poetic and furious reflection on the rebellions of the 1960s—and the machine that worked to destroy them.
This year, Riotsville, U.S.A. was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, CPH:DOX, the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Seattle International Film Festival, and more. It won Best Documentary at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival. Click here to read the New York Times Critic’s Pick review.
About Sara Archambault:
Sara Archambault is a Creative Producer dedicated to artful nonfiction storytelling. She has an extensive professional history in production, programming and foundation work, including 10 years as Program Director at the LEF Foundation, and 9 years as Founder/Programmer of The DocYard, an award-winning film and discussion series at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA. Past producing credits include the Emmy-nominated documentary Traces Of The Trade, Street Fighting Men, Truth Or Consequences (which played Amherst Cinema’s Bellwether Series in 2020), and award-winning shorts Community Patrol and Contents Inventory. Archambault was a 2020 Impact Partners Producing Fellow, a 2013 Sundance Creative Producers Lab Fellow and was named the 2020 SF DocFest Vanguard Awardee. She is a board member of The Flaherty.
About Bellwether
This event is part of the Bellwether Film Series, which celebrates fresh approaches to fiction, non-fiction and experimental cinema. Bellwether showcases striking and important new films while engaging artists and filmgoers in discussion. This series is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
About Amherst Cinema:
Amherst Cinema is an independent, nonprofit arts and education center brimming with world-class programs. The comfortable, fully accessible theater offers state-of-the-art projection and sound and is a welcoming crossroads for all. Amherst Cinema presents over 250 programs a year on four screens in more than 35 languages. For more information, visit: www.AmherstCinema.org