Riot: From Rebellion to Redemption

About Riot: From Rebellion to Redemption

This feature-length documentary offers a chilling look at the long-term effects of urban conflict on a city, its people, and its neighbors. More than just a dusty history lesson, this program brings viewers face-to-face with not only the racism and violence of the event, but the heartbreak that followed, and the ensuing determination of the people who refused to let the riot define or defeat them.

Kevin McLaughlin's Riot: From Rebellion to Redemption is a 2026 documentary history film. It runs 56 minutes and was released in January 2026.

Andre Braugher appears as Self - Narrator (voice), Cory Booker as Self, Ras Baraka as Self, and Kenneth A. Gibson as Self. The screenplay is by Kevin McLaughlin.