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Crack USA: County Under Siege (1989)
Directed by Vince DiPersio, Bill Guttentag
Documentary · 42m
Documentary which aired in 1989 as part of the HBO documentary series "American Undercover". It was filmed in West Palm Beach, Florida over the course of eight weeks and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The documentary shows a cross section of abusers who have fallen under the deadly spell of the most addictive and affordable drug in America. Interviews with addicts and their families reveal that crack knows no socio-economic boundaries. Teenagers discuss the desperate measures they have taken to obtain the drug. The producers acknowledged the following for their assistance in making this film: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office; West Palm Beach Police Department; Data House of the Drug Abuse Treatment Association © Half-Court Productions Ltd. 1989
Cast
Joe Mantegna
Crew
- Director
- Vince DiPersio, Bill Guttentag
- Writer
- Bill Guttentag, Vince DiPersio
- Director of Photography
- Jean de Segonzac
- Editor
- Jim Stewart
- Producer
- Vince DiPersio, Bill Guttentag
Details
- Release date
- 1989-01-01
- Runtime
- 42m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America