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The film follows the opioid epidemic in the United States, the political operatives, government regulations, and corporations that enable the abuse of opioids.Part one of the documentary focuses on Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, who collaborated with Food and Drug Administration official Curtis Wright IV to get OxyContin approved for wider use. [1]
The film depicts their drug-related crimes and diseases, including prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses. In a 2004 follow up interview with Tracey Helton, she reveals she is now a full-time drug counselor, while Jessica is still working as a prostitute despite having HIV. Alice McMunn has been sober since 02.20.01; she is a model and ...
The documentary painted a hopeless and pessimistic view of the violence in the city. At the time Little Rock was one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Sitting at the intersection of two major interstates from Los Angeles and New York , Little Rock had become a haven for drug trafficking .
A recent HBO Max docuseries tells the story of a drug rehabilitation program turned cult, Synanon, that operated in Detroit from 1969 to 1980. Documentary series, 'The Synanon Fix,' shows drug ...
TV critic and true-crime buff Lorraine Ali selects the 50 best true-crime documentaries you can stream on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Prime Video and more.
Errol Morris’s 1988 film The Thin Blue Line, which led to an overturned conviction, established true crime as a subject for documentaries. When channels like Court TV allowed Americans to watch ...
America Undercover is a series of documentaries that aired on the cable television network HBO from 1983 through 2006. [1] Within the series are several sub-series, such as Autopsy , Real Sex , and Taxicab Confessions .
It was a co-production of HBO and DCTV, produced by Farrell, DeLeo, and Alpert. It aired on HBO as part of its series America Undercover. The documentary takes place about 20 miles northwest of Boston in the economically depressed former mill city of Lowell, Massachusetts. Deb Becker of WBUR-FM, Richard Farrell and MaryAnn DeLeo at IFFBoston 2016