American Drug War: The Last White Hope
Brief Synopsis
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35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family
Cast & Crew
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Kevin Booth
Director
Thomas Chong
Joe Rogan
Ron Paul
Dennis Kucinich
Jello Biafra
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2008
Production Company
Sacred Cow Productions; Showtime Networks
Distribution Company
Passion River
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from "legal drugs" Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure.
Director
Kevin Booth
Director
Crew
Mary Abshier
Camera
Mary Abshier
Original Music
Chris Athenas
Camera
George Booth
Executive Producer
Kevin Booth
Camera
Kevin Booth
Writer
Kevin Booth
Executive Producer
Trae Painter Booth
Associate Producer
Paul Crompton
Consultant
Peter Hyoguchi
Consultant
Anthony Johnson
Art Director
Anthony Johnson
Consultant
Anthony Johnson
Camera
Curt Johnson
Consultant
Mack Lindsay
Camera
Paul Marchand
Art Director
Richard Martini
Consultant
Ted O'brian
Camera
Steve Ogden
Art Director
Page Ostrow
Co-Executive Producer
Mike Pope
Camera
Mike Pope
Editing
Paul Provenza
Consultant
Darrell Rodgers
Camera
George Russell
Coproducer
George Russell
Camera
Dwight Slade
Camera
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2008
Production Company
Sacred Cow Productions; Showtime Networks
Distribution Company
Passion River
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States March 5, 2008
Aired in United States on DVD May 28, 2008
Aired in USA on Showtime March 5, 2008.
