By Lee Pfeiffer
There's a new kid in the neighborhood in terms of DVD labels, and they are most welcome. Olive Films has sub-licensed a number of worthy films from major studios and released them on DVD. We'll be reviewing them in the weeks and months to come. First off the bat is Riot, a 1969 film that has been little-seen in recent years. Imagine a scenario in which a state prison not only allows a movie company to film on the premises (nothing unusual there), but does so in the aftermath of an actual mass riot, then hires real-life prisoners as extras in order to recreate the chaos. Add to the mix the fact that prison officials are painted as uncaring brutes and the real warden plays a villainous warden on screen. Sound too crazy to be true? Perhaps, but all of this actually occurred in the making of Riot.