2021
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 29 m

2021
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 29 m

Summary In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake. Decades later, the destructive effects on people’s lives, families and communities are still deeply felt. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy examines not only the personal devastation caused by the drug, but also the ...

Directed By: Stanley Nelson

2021
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 29 m

2021
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 29 m

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Name: Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Genre: Documentary, Crime, History
Released: 2021-01-11
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Rating: 0
Cast: Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles, Felipe Luciano, Natoka 'Mack Mama' Williams

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Variety

Jan 12, 2021

Nelson, who has the ace documentarian’s flair for making history far more interesting than the mythologies it’s cutting through, has directed a film that stays true to the epic devastation crack left in its wake and, at the same time, examines all the ways that the government and the media used the grim reality of crack, turning it against the very people who were being victimized by it.

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The New York Times

Jan 12, 2021

Racial injustice, economic inequities, police corruption, media ethics and foreign-policy scandals are all crammed — a bit too cursorily — into Stanley Nelson’s brisk primer on the 1980s crack epidemic.

By Devika Girish FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Jan 11, 2021

Duration 1 h 29 m

Rating TV-MA

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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

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Elizabeth Hinton

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Nelson George

Self - Journalist

Alan Charles

Self - Former User

Felipe Luciano

Self - Activist

Natoka 'Mack Mama' Williams

Self - Author

Koe Rodriguez

Self - Cultural Historian

Carl Hart

Self - Neuroscientist

Samson Styles

Self - Former Dealer

Mitch Credle

Self - Former Homicide Detective

Corey Pegues

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John Mattes

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'Freeway' Ricky Ross

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Brian Barger

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Ruben Castaneda

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Louise 'Weeze' Point

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Asethea 'Lulu' Pierce

Self - Former User

Don Scott Jr.

Self - Former Undercover Cop

Tonia 'Ms. Tee' Taylor

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Felecia Pullen

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Calvin O. Butts III

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