Rodney King (movie)
- User score: 4.9
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Spike Lee
- Production companies: Buffalo 8, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Release date: 4/28/2017
- Run time: 52 min.
Movie description
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.