Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000)
17/03/2000
Documentary
1h 15m
- 69% (23 votes)
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Overview
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.
- Steven OkazakiDirector
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- drug abuse
- san francisco, california
- despair
- women's prison
- male prostitution
- prison sentence
- street life
- boyfriend girlfriend relationship
- heroin addict
- twenty something
- heroin addiction
- 1990s
- runaway children
- self-medication
