Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021) on Netflix
NR20211h 29mDocumentary
In the 1980s, a cheap and powerful drug spreads through American inner cities during a recession. The crack epidemic damages those neighborhoods, and a moral panic fueled by racism grows.
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Crack cocaine reached American inner cities in the 1980s, during a recession. The drug was cheap and powerful. The documentary traces its emergence and the damage it did to those neighborhoods. A moral panic fueled by racism grew around the drug. The film covers the history of crack across the decade, and it includes archival footage from the period along with people speaking as themselves.
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