The Crime of the Century (2021)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 45 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary film investigates the opioid crisis in the United States. It focuses on how corporations and government officials allowed the widespread abuse of opioids.
informativesoberinginvestigativecriticalalarmingsystematicslow-pacedmethodical
What happens
The Crime of the Century is an American two-part documentary film directed, produced, and written by Alex Gibney. The film follows the opioid epidemic in the United States, and the political operatives, government regulations and corporations that enable the abuse of opioids, particularly the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma. It was aired in two parts beginning on May 10, 2021, and May 11, 2021, by HBO. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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