Filmed over a period of four years in 20 US states, Jarecki's documentary is a wide-ranging examination of the futile, self-defeating "war on drugs" that has been an essential plank in the platform of every presidential candidate since the election of Richard Nixon in 1968 and has led to America having the world's largest prison population.
Jarecki and his eloquent witnesses, including the thoughtful David Simon, creator of the TV series The Wire, trace the origins of the war back to late-19th-century racial prejudice, suggest that it has in recent years followed the same stages as the Holocaust, and believe that only a radical reconsideration of American history and contemporary society can effect a positive change in the current tragic situation. Some hope.
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/nov/25/house-i-live-in-review
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