South Central Los Angeles: Inside Voices - PROMO 1994 John Allen - editor In the aftermath of the 1992 Los Angeles riot of 1992, noted documentarians Maxi Cohen and Wendy Apple distributed Hi-8 camcorders to young adult videographers in every major ethnic neighborhood to discover how each had been affected. The resulting video diaries were edited into dramatic stories that provide deeper insight into the origins and effects of the 1992 Los Angeles riot.