JOHN BRYANT interviews Producer and leading actress LAUREN SWEETSER and Writer-Director DEVON PARKS on the story behind the story for their thrilling new film, THE RIOT ACT.

THE RIOT ACT is a period-thriller set in 1903, and inspired by the real-life murder at the historic King Opera House in Van Buren, Arkansas. This feature news piece tells the "story behind the story" of what inspired THE RIOT ACT and some of the unusual issues and obstacles that the filmmakers faced in getting this story to the big screen. International Television Correspondent JOHN BRYANT ("The Guardian" / BBC Worldwide) probes the subject with poignant and inspiring questions for the filmmakers to address.