Rodney King
MovieTitle | Rodney King |
User score | 4.9 |
Release date | Apr 28, 2017 |
Genre | Drama, Crime |
Director | Spike Lee |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Buffalo 8, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks |
Run time | 52 min. |
25 years ago, four LAPD officers were acquitted in a state court for beating King, sparking three days of rioting that left 53 people dead. Now, around the anniversary, this Spike Lee-produced one-man show (Roger Guenver Smith) will be streaming on Netflix. A complex, semi-tragic figure, King drowned in 2012. His life was rarely smooth, or simple – its telling makes for a sober, moving watch.