# L.A. is Burning : Five Reports from a Divided City

One year after the Los Angeles riots, Frontline revisits the city. Tracing the chronology of events from the moment the Rodney King verdict was announced, through the next 72 hours of rampage and deaths, to present day L.A., this examination of what happened becomes a larger essay on why Los Angeles is a warning signal. 1 videocassette (87 min.) : 1/2 in VHS "FROL-117." Will Lyman "A presentation of the Documentary Consortium." Closed captioned for the hearing impaired Producer/director, Elena Mannes ; co-producer/director, Karyn J. Taylor ; writer, Elena Mannes

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1992
- By: Elena Mannes, Karyn J Taylor, Will Lyman, Rodney King, WGBH Educational Foundation., PBS Video.
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/LAisBurning)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/LAisBurning?play=1)