''American Drug War: The Last White Hope'' is a 2007
documentary film by writer and director
Kevin Booth about the
war on drugs in the
United States.
Synopsis
The film holds the view that the
war on drugs has become one of the longest, darkest, most costly periods in American history.
Texas filmmaker
Kevin Booth sets out to prove his claim that the Drug War has failed. Three and a half years in the making, the film includes sections showing 62 people including former
DEA agents,
CIA officers,
narcotics
The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ ''narkō'', "to make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates ...
officers, judges, politicians, gang members, prisoners, and celebrities. There is also extensive treatment of
CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US.
Awards
* 2007 Artivist Film Festival, Best Feature, Intl.
Human Rights
* 2007 Silver Lake Film Festival, Best Documentary
* 2007 DIY Film Fest, Best Documentary
* 2006 Evil City, Best Documentary
Television
* Picked up by
Showtime in March 2008 to be aired for the next two years.
* Shown on Australia's
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...
Crime & Investigation Network.
Crime & Investigation Network
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See also
* '' Breaking the Taboo'', 2011 documentary
* '' Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs'', 2015 book
References
External links
AmericanDrugWar.com
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Drug control law in the United States
Drug policy reform
Drug policy of the United States
American documentary films
Documentary films about the illegal drug trade
Films about cocaine
2007 documentary films
2007 films
Cocaine in the United States
2000s English-language films
2000s American films