Public Enemy Number One (2019)

Directed by

Robert Rippberger

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the history of the war on drugs from 1968 to the present. It focuses on key moments that turned cannabis from a minor crime into a major policy problem.

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What happens

Public Enemy Number One is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Robert Rippberger and produced by Rippberger, Chris Chiari, and Ice-T. It looks at the war on drugs from 1968 until today and looks at trigger points in history that took cannabis from being a somewhat benign criminal activity into a self-perpetuating constantly expanding policy disaster. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the Seattle Film Festival, and Storyteller Award and Best Producer at Doc LA - Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival. It was released on various over-the-top media services after a limited theatrical release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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