2021 · documentary · political
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Directed by Stanley Nelson1h 29m2021
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.
Our read: Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded documentary · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured documentary / political, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- cold
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