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This article lists examples of the ongoing influence on popular culture of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. ==Film== (Chronological, then alphabetical by title) *Although made 9 years before the riots, the movie ''10 to Midnight'' (1983) "(Code 6 ) at (Florence & Normandie )" is mentioned on a police radio when Warren Stacy (Gene Davis) is in the student nurses' dormitory. *The film ''Grand Canyon'' (1991), which reflected on the divide between people of different race and class in L.A., was widely seen as a prefiguration of the riots. *Spike Lee's film ''Malcolm X'' (1992) opens with a scene of the Rodney King beating, juxtaposed with a burning American flag that burns down and forms the letter X. *The documentary film ''Post No Bills'' (1992) follows a political poster that was made of LAPD Chief Daryl Gates on an NRA shooting target and glued up on the streets of Los Angeles after the Rodney King beating. ''Post No Bills'' also includes an interview with Chief Gates about the poster and documents some of the events surrounding the resignation of Chief Gates from his position as Chief of Police. * A political poster that was made of LAPD Chief Daryl Gates on an NRA shooting target and glued up on the streets of Los Angeles after the Rodney King beating was featured in several films, including ''Menace II Society'' (1993) and Robert Altman's ''The Player'' (1992). *Dai Sil Kim-Gibson's documentary film, ''Sa-I-Gu'' (1993), tells the story of Korean women shopkeepers during the LA Civil Unrest. *The film ''Floundering'' (1994) explores the alienation and disaffection the main character sees in his neighborhood of post-riot Venice Beach. *The film ''Riot'' (1997) looks at the riots and their effect on the lives of four families: one Chinese, one Hispanic, one White, and one Black. *In the film ''American History X'' (1998), characters argue about the circumstances of Rodney King's arrest. *In the film ''BASEketball'' (1998), Los Angeles' team is named after the riots. *In the film ''Black Knight'' (2001), the character played by Martin Lawrence is sent back to medieval times and tells people he hails from Florence and Normandy. Toward the end of the movie, he gives a "Braveheart"- esque speech that mocks Rodney King. *The final act of ''Dark Blue'' (2002) is set during the riots, reenacts several portions of it, as well as shows news footage of the attack on Reginald Denny. *In the film ''National Security'' (2003), Steve Zahn's character tries to arrest Martin Lawrence's character, but a bumblebee flies at Lawrence and Zahn tries to beat it with a baton, resulting in a scene that looks like police brutality. A man tapes the incident and L.A., fearing another Rodney King incident, forces Zahn to resign. The all-black jury gives him a 6-month prison sentence. *Dai Sil Kim-Gibson's film, ''Wet Sand: Voices from LA'' (2004), criticizes mainstream media for pitting Korean Americans against African Americans in the days preceding the LA Civil Unrest. *The film ''Rize'' (2005) is a documentary of life in Watts, Los Angeles. It features footage and discussion of the Watts riots and discussed the deaths of many gang members and African American citizens. *The film ''The L.A. Riot Spectacular'' (2006), narrated by Snoop Dogg and starring Emilio Estevez, Charles S. Dutton, and George Hamilton, takes a satirical look at the riots. *The film ''Freedom Writers'' (2007) stars Hilary Swank as a school teacher in a Long Beach high school two years after the riots. The film opens with scenes of the riots and is set two years afterward, in 1994. *Writer/Producer John Ridley and director Spike Lee are attached to a proposed Imagine Entertainment film based on the L.A. Riots.〔()〕 *The film "Straight Outta Compton (2015 film)" (2015) shows footage from the LA riots and the riots are talked about. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1992 Los Angeles riots in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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