The House I Live In
The war on drugs has never been about drugs.
2012 | 110m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Eugene Jarecki |
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| Writer: | Eugene Jarecki |
| Staring: |
| In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong? | |
| Release Date: | Oct 05, 2012 |
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| Director: | Eugene Jarecki |
| Writer: | Eugene Jarecki |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | prison, government regulation, drug war |
| Production Companies | VPRO, BBC, ZDF, Louverture Films, ITVS, NHK Enterprises, SBS, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, Charlotte Street Films, JustFilms / Ford Foundation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $210,752
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Eugene Jarecki | Himself - Narrator / Interviewer |
| Joe Biden | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| George H. W. Bush | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Rudolph Giuliani | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| John McCain | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Nelson Rockefeller | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Hillary Clinton | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Bill Clinton | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Barack Obama | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Nancy Reagan | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ronald Reagan | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Richard Nixon | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sam Cullman | Director of Photography |
| Robert Miller | Original Music Composer |
| Derek Hallquist | Director of Photography |
| Paul Frost | Editor |
| Joe Posner | Production Design |
| Christopher St. John | Additional Writing |
| Eugene Jarecki | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam Cullman | Producer |
| Brad Pitt | Executive Producer |
| Kathleen Fournier | Co-Producer |
| Shirel Kozak | Co-Producer |
| Christopher St. John | Producer |
| John Legend | Executive Producer |
| Danny Glover | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Documentary Feature | N/A | Nominated |
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