Movie
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Overview
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-01-11
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Firelight Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Carl Hart as Self – Neuroscientist
- Koe Rodriguez as Self
- Nelson George as Self
- Corey Pegues as Self
- Samson Styles as Self
- Felipe Luciano as Self
- Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)
- Nancy Reagan as Self (archive footage)
- Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage)
- Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage)
- James Traficant as Self (archive footage)
- Walter Cronkite as Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Stanley Nelson - Director
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