From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.... Read allFrom the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations
- Self - Harvard University
- (as Prof. William Julius Wilson)
- Self - Providence Police
- (as Lt. Glendon Goldsboro)
- Self - Commanding Officer, Narcotics
- (as Lt. Michael Correia)
- Self - Physician, Addiction Expert
- (as Dr. Gabor Maté)
- Self - U.S. Federal Judge
- (as Hon. Mark Bennett)
- Self - Maurice's Lawyer
- (as Jim McGough)
- Self - Lexington Corrections Center
- (as Warden Eric Franklin)
- Self - Harvard University
- (as Prof. Charles J. Ogletree)
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Herself - Author, The New Jim Crow: You know, in any war, you've got to have an enemy, and when you think about impact, particularly on poor people of color, there are more African-Americans under correctional control today in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. And that's something we haven't been willing to look in the mirror and ask ourselves, "what's really going on?"
- ConnectionsEdited into Independent Lens: The House I Live In (2013)
- SoundtracksGrandma's Hands
Written by Bill Withers
Published by Songs of Universal, Inc. on behalf of Interior Music Corp.
Performed by Bill Withers
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
America has more of its citizens behind bars than in any other nation on the planet, and we presently have more Blacks incarcerated than were slaves in the Confederate States of America during the 1850's. And, America's misguided approach to the issue of illegal drugs is the single most important reason why so many of us are in prison.
These are only a couple of startling revelations from Eugene Jarecki's riveting documentary about America's terribly misguided War On Drugs. Clearly we have chosen to solve a health issue by creating a ridiculous legal and political policy based on an oxymoron called, 'the criminal justice system'. Racial scapegoating and a system based on 'prisons for profit' have allowed us to spend billions, yet more people use illegal drugs today than when the drug war first began. And, the quality of these drugs is infinitely superior.
No one, not the authorities or the criminals, seem to be satisfied with the status quo, and readily admit that the whole affair is an abject failure. But, the film shows how this suicidal social policy remains locked in place with no end in sight. Politicians campaign on making this nation drug free, and addiction rates soar and we can't seem to build jails quickly enough to fill them.
If there was ever a solution that was immeasurably worse than the problem, it is The War On Drugs. ABSOLUTE MUST SEE
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- Jul 12, 2013
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- Also known as
- Guerra contra las drogas
- Filming locations
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA(Interview)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $210,752
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,453
- Oct 7, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $219,159