The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.
“Christ would be a national advertiser today, I am sure, as He was a great advertiser in His own day. He thought of His life as business.”
“It was quite a shot in the head to do the album and then have it shot down by nonmusical idiots.”