Underplayed Gems

The Crime of the Century (2021)

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Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 45 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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.

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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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