Film Forum invites NYWIFT Members and a guest to a screening and Q&A for:

Riotsville, U.S.A.

Saturday, September 17th at 7:10pm ET
Film Forum | 209 W Houston St
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Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. Using all archival footage, the film explores the militarization of the police and creates a counter-narrative to the nation’s reaction to the uprisings of the late ’60s.

The screening event will include a Q&A with Riotsville, U.S.A. composer Jace Clayton.

Jace Clayton is an artist and writer based in New York, also known for his work as DJ /rupture. He is the author of Uproot: Travels in 21st Century Music and Digital Culture (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and was awarded a 2020 Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant to support Behold the Monkey, his upcoming book on contemporary art, faith, and social media. Jace is currently Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University and Interim Director of the Sound Arts Program. He has performed in over three dozen countries, both solo and as director of large ensemble performances. Since 2018 his work has been exhibited internationally.