High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995)
- Directed by
- Jon Alpert
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary follows several residents of a struggling Massachusetts town as they battle severe crack addiction. It shows their daily lives, their efforts to get clean, and the harsh realities of poverty and drug abuse.
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What happens
High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell is a 1995 American documentary film directed by Richard Farrell, Maryann DeLeo and Jon Alpert. It was a co-production of HBO and DCTV, produced by Farrell, DeLeo, and Alpert. It aired on HBO as part of its series America Undercover. The documentary takes place about 20 miles northwest of Boston in the economically depressed former mill city of Lowell, Massachusetts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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