In the late 60s, the U.S. military built fictional towns as training sites for military tactics that would help local police forces suppress protest movements. Sierra Pettengill’s all-archival documentary reconstructs the formation of a national consciousness obsessed with maintaining law and order by any means necessary, and connects the dots to today’s militarized police forces. (U.S., 2022, 91m)
“Transfixing and troubling … like watching a Ken Burns film through a kaleidoscope.” –IndieWire
