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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.

Director

Stanley Nelson

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documentary, crime, history

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Firelight Films

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https://www.netflix.com/title/80988518

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It didn't matter
how good of a person you were... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It didn't matter how good of a person you were...

You won't even realize it,
because you're so busy getting high. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

You won't even realize it, because you're so busy ...

♪ Here it is, bam! ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

♪ Here it is, bam! ♪

Evidence of heavy money and heavy,
violent drug traffic is all around. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Evidence of heavy money and heavy, violent drug traffic is a...

The reporting played right into all
of these stereotypes and this narrative. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The reporting played right into all of these stereotypes and...

They are not just gangs of kids anymore.
They are super-predators. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

They are not just gangs of kids anymore. They are super-pred...

Drugs got blamed
for all of the conditions - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Drugs got blamed for all of the conditions

We must be intolerant of drug use
and drug sellers. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

We must be intolerant of drug use and drug sellers.

Take my word for it,
this scourge will stop! - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Take my word for it, this scourge will stop!

♪ I'm talking 'bout bass ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

♪ I'm talking 'bout bass ♪

Because the responses were not designed
to help the people that were in trouble. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Because the responses were not designed to help the people t...

Just say, "No." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Just say, "No."

The crack era changed everything
about the Black community, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The crack era changed everything about the Black community,

With a deep awareness
of the responsibility - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

With a deep awareness of the responsibility

I accept your nomination
for the Presidency of the United States. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I accept your nomination for the Presidency of the United St...

Reagan comes in
on this promise of wealth for all... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Reagan comes in on this promise of wealth for all...

Improving the lives for all,
especially disenchanted white voters. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Improving the lives for all, especially disenchanted white v...

Together,
let us make this a new beginning. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Together, let us make this a new beginning.

And his way to do that was - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And his way to do that was

For those without job opportunities,
we'll stimulate new opportunities, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

For those without job opportunities, we'll stimulate ne...

For those who've abandoned hope, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

For those who've abandoned hope,

♪ Whoo-hoo ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

♪ Whoo-hoo ♪

I always think about Wall Street - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I always think about Wall Street

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

♪ Celebrate good times, come on ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

♪ Celebrate good times, come on ♪

Where has this stuff been?" - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Where has this stuff been?"

It was accepted in the jazz world,
it was accepted in the pop world. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It was accepted in the jazz world, it was accepted in the po...

It was the social drug of the elite. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It was the social drug of the elite.

There's a lot of pressure,
and they're making an awful lot of money. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

There's a lot of pressure, and they're making an a...

I couldn't wait to finish college
and make money - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I couldn't wait to finish college and make money

The movie Scarface
made it so popular to do cocaine. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The movie Scarface made it so popular to do cocaine.

We would be in the clubs
and have our $100 bills - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

We would be in the clubs and have our $100 bills

It was, like, a glamorous thing to do, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It was, like, a glamorous thing to do,

It was like, people that were
driving Mercedes-Benzes - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It was like, people that were driving Mercedes-Benzes

You know, that was not...
That particular drug, powder cocaine, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

You know, that was not... That particular drug, powder cocai...

What comes with Reagan
is the proliferation of wealth for a few - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

What comes with Reagan is the proliferation of wealth for a ...

The Reagan administration takes - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The Reagan administration takes

We see millions of more people
coming into extreme poverty. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

We see millions of more people coming into extreme poverty.

The line stretched
around three sides of the block - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The line stretched around three sides of the block

Almost 8.5 million Americans
are without jobs. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Almost 8.5 million Americans are without jobs.

1982 is one
of the highest rates of unemployment - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

1982 is one of the highest rates of unemployment

And then Black communities' unemployment,
always twice that of the white community. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And then Black communities' unemployment, always twice ...

♪ Broken glass everywhere ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

♪ Broken glass everywhere ♪

♪ It's like a jungle sometimes ♪ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

♪ It's like a jungle sometimes ♪

It was paper money with,
you know, brown, purple and... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It was paper money with, you know, brown, purple and...

We didn't have money, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

We didn't have money,

Or we'd go to the Safeway to earn money
by carrying people's groceries home. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Or we'd go to the Safeway to earn money by carrying peo...

And sometimes we would walk with someone,
carrying their groceries home, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And sometimes we would walk with someone, carrying their gro...

Sometimes I had to wear my sister's jeans,
hand-me-down jeans. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Sometimes I had to wear my sister's jeans, hand-me-down...

You know, it's this classic picture
of me in the fifth grade. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

You know, it's this classic picture of me in the fifth ...

I'm sitting Indian-style
in the front with all the boys. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I'm sitting Indian-style in the front with all the boys...

Everyone's hands is on their laps, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Everyone's hands is on their laps,

I don't think we really understand
the trauma of poverty. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I don't think we really understand the trauma of povert...

And I think any way, any thing,
any method we can employ - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And I think any way, any thing, any method we can employ

Between 1982 and 1984, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Between 1982 and 1984,

Agents know the cocaine
was shipped to Philadelphia, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Agents know the cocaine was shipped to Philadelphia,

There is more cocaine available today
than almost any time in our history. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

There is more cocaine available today than almost any time i...

We get 63 tons of cocaine
coming into the US. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

We get 63 tons of cocaine coming into the US.

The consequence
of this massive insurgence of cocaine - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The consequence of this massive insurgence of cocaine

Despite our best efforts, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Despite our best efforts,

One Cuban cigar couldn't make it
into the United States. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

One Cuban cigar couldn't make it into the United States...

But you can't stop these tons
of cocaine from coming in? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

But you can't stop these tons of cocaine from coming in...

It was definitely bigger
than just the streets. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It was definitely bigger than just the streets.

And tonight's special segment looks at
the invasion of drugs across the border. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And tonight's special segment looks at the invasion of ...

And the United States has used
very few resources to fight back. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And the United States has used very few resources to fight b...

It was coming vis-à-vis Central America,
vis-à-vis the Bahamas, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It was coming vis-à-vis Central America, vis-à-vis the Baham...

Then this bomb explodes
that will affect the whole country. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Then this bomb explodes that will affect the whole country.

Fire department paramedics
found writer and comedian Richard Pryor - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Fire department paramedics found writer and comedian Richard...

This news report came in
about Richard Pryor - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

This news report came in about Richard Pryor

He had used freebase, which is
a combination of cocaine and ether. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

He had used freebase, which is a combination of cocaine and ...

And when he ignited it, whether it was
on a cigarette, we don't know, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And when he ignited it, whether it was on a cigarette, we do...

"What's that?"
"Richard Pryor running down the street." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

"What's that?" "Richard Pryor running do...

And Richard Pryor
burning himself up with it - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And Richard Pryor burning himself up with it

It's called "cocaine hydrochloride." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It's called "cocaine hydrochloride."

And you can't smoke it
if that hydrochloride portion is on, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And you can't smoke it if that hydrochloride portion is...

So, with freebasing, we figured out
how to just get rid of the salt, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

So, with freebasing, we figured out how to just get rid of t...

So we call it "freebase." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

So we call it "freebase."

Most people,
when they buy the powder, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Most people, when they buy the powder,

And they call it "crack." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

And they call it "crack."

It's more efficient, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It's more efficient,

In five to 15 seconds,
the crack user is high. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

In five to 15 seconds, the crack user is high.

I can get up from here now
and walk to the moon, okay? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I can get up from here now and walk to the moon, okay?

Cocaine was made
more available by making crack - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Cocaine was made more available by making crack

So, poor people now could get access - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

So, poor people now could get access

It seemed like,
"Boom. There's 20 crackheads." - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It seemed like, "Boom. There's 20 crackheads."...

They'd just keep going over and over, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

They'd just keep going over and over,

The level of euphoria was just multiplied. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

The level of euphoria was just multiplied.

I'm tongue-twisted
because there's no words - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

I'm tongue-twisted because there's no words

It made me feel like
I was on top of the world. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

It made me feel like I was on top of the world.

From that point on, I was addicted,
and all I wanted to do was smoke. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

From that point on, I was addicted, and all I wanted to do w...

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In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.

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Director: Stanley Nelson

Writer: N/A

Production: Firelight Films

Genre: documentary, crime, history

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 Jan 2021

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/80988518