Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992

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documentary film

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 is a documentary film by John Ridley that examines the social, political, and racial tensions in Los Angeles leading up to the 1992 uprising.

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Label	Occurrences
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9113521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992
Context triple: [John Ridley, notableWork, Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992]

A. Los Angeles Notebook
"Los Angeles Notebook" is a celebrated essay by Joan Didion that offers a sharp, atmospheric portrait of Los Angeles through reflections on its climate, culture, and underlying sense of unease.
B. El Pueblo de Los Angeles
El Pueblo de Los Angeles is a historic district in downtown Los Angeles that preserves the city’s original settlement area, featuring landmark buildings, museums, and the popular Olvera Street marketplace.
C. L.A.'s Finest
L.A.'s Finest is an action-comedy television series and Bad Boys spin-off that follows two LAPD detectives, played by Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, as they tackle crime in Los Angeles while juggling complicated personal lives.
D. Private L.A.
Private L.A. is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s “Private” series, following the high-stakes investigations of the elite private detective agency in Los Angeles.
E. Every Building on the Sunset Strip
Every Building on the Sunset Strip is a landmark 1966 artist’s book by Ed Ruscha that presents a continuous photographic panorama of Los Angeles’s Sunset Strip, exemplifying his conceptual and serial approach to urban landscape.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992
Target entity description: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 is a documentary film by John Ridley that examines the social, political, and racial tensions in Los Angeles leading up to the 1992 uprising.

A. Los Angeles Notebook
"Los Angeles Notebook" is a celebrated essay by Joan Didion that offers a sharp, atmospheric portrait of Los Angeles through reflections on its climate, culture, and underlying sense of unease.
B. El Pueblo de Los Angeles
El Pueblo de Los Angeles is a historic district in downtown Los Angeles that preserves the city’s original settlement area, featuring landmark buildings, museums, and the popular Olvera Street marketplace.
C. L.A.'s Finest
L.A.'s Finest is an action-comedy television series and Bad Boys spin-off that follows two LAPD detectives, played by Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, as they tackle crime in Los Angeles while juggling complicated personal lives.
D. Private L.A.
Private L.A. is a crime thriller novel in James Patterson’s “Private” series, following the high-stakes investigations of the elite private detective agency in Los Angeles.
E. Every Building on the Sunset Strip
Every Building on the Sunset Strip is a landmark 1966 artist’s book by Ed Ruscha that presents a continuous photographic panorama of Los Angeles’s Sunset Strip, exemplifying his conceptual and serial approach to urban landscape.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	documentary film ⓘ
basedOn	real events in Los Angeles between 1982 and 1992 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	John Ridley ⓘ
distributor	ABC News ⓘ
examines	causes of the 1992 Los Angeles uprising ⓘ economic inequality in Los Angeles ⓘ impact of policing on communities of color ⓘ relationship between LAPD and Los Angeles communities ⓘ systemic racism in Los Angeles ⓘ
features	archival footage ⓘ interviews with community leaders ⓘ interviews with law enforcement officers ⓘ interviews with residents of Los Angeles ⓘ
focusesOnEvent	1992 Los Angeles riots ⓘ Rodney King beating ⓘ linked to: Rodney King Rodney King trial ⓘ verdict in Rodney King case ⓘ
genre	documentary ⓘ historical documentary ⓘ political documentary ⓘ
hasTitle	Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
medium	television film ⓘ
originallyAiredIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
originalNetwork	ABC ⓘ
portrays	African American community in Los Angeles ⓘ Korean American community in Los Angeles ⓘ Latino community in Los Angeles ⓘ
productionCompany	ABC News Films ⓘ linked to: ABC News
releaseYear	2017 ⓘ
settingLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
subject	1992 Los Angeles uprising ⓘ linked to: 1992 Los Angeles riots Los Angeles Police Department ⓘ police brutality in Los Angeles ⓘ political tensions in Los Angeles ⓘ racial tensions in Los Angeles ⓘ social conditions in Los Angeles ⓘ
timeSpanCovered	1982–1992 ⓘ
topic	civil rights in the United States ⓘ criminal justice system in Los Angeles ⓘ history of Los Angeles in the late 20th century ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ urban unrest ⓘ
writer	John Ridley ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Ridley → notableWork → Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 ⓘ

John Ridley → directed → Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 ⓘ

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 → hasTitle → Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 ⓘ

John Ridley → notableWork → Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 ⓘ

subject linked to: John

John Ridley → directorOf → Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992 ⓘ