Journalist Eugene Jarecki embarks on a cross-country journey to examine America's decades-long War on Drugs, interviewing inmates, law enforcement officers, judges, and shattered families caught in the system's machinery. His investigation evolves into a sweeping indictment of a social institution that, rather than solving addiction, perpetuates a vicious cycle of violence, mass incarceration, and profound racial disparity. The film meticulously traces the economic and political underpinnings of this war, revealing how the crusade against drugs became a mechanism for controlling entire populations.
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The film operates with the precision of a prosecutor, building an overwhelming case against a national policy built on moral panic and institutional inertia. Jarecki's approach is devastatingly effective, weaving human stories into a tapestry of systemic failure.
What lingers after the credits is the chilling realization of a machine designed to grind lives, not save them. It's a necessary, anger-inducing autopsy of a forever war. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Eugene Jarecki
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Sober courtroom pacing, stark prison interviews, a relentless march of grim statistics and personal ruin.
Eugene Jarecki
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Joe Biden
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George H. W. Bush
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Rudolph Giuliani
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John McCain
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Nelson Rockefeller
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Hillary Clinton
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Bill Clinton
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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