Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Official Trailer | Netflix
In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake. Decades later, the destructive effects on people’s lives, families and communities are still deeply felt. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy examines not only the personal devastation caused by the drug, but also the shadowy origins of the crisis and the resultant, ongoing marginalization of Black and Brown people trapped by the U.S. prison and healthcare systems.
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy is a searing, in-depth look into this defining moment in American history and how it continues to impact our society more than thirty years later. Via a collage of archival news footage, compelling interviews and era-specific hip hop, award winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution; Freedom Riders) peels back the layers of how crack decimated Black and Brown communities and rocked the nation. Nelson goes beyond stereotypes and dog whistles, straight to the heart of the matter: how the Iran-Contra scandal allowed an influx of cocaine into the country; complicity of the police force and the U.S. government; the rise in gun violence; sentencing disparities between cocaine and crack possession; the devastation of families and individuals caught in crack's wake; and how mass incarceration became the solution to a public health crisis.
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.
Netflix, rewriting history one "documentary" at a time.
What song is this
Brought to you by the CIA = Cocaine Import Agency.
thank your grand parents and parents they made it out there this is hell damn i geuss each timeline has a drug of its own
While watching the last scene and seeing how bad were the streets conditions , how poor people were.... the first thing hit my mind USSR !!! People there were living 72626 times better than Americans and yet USA had invested trillions to get rid of it !!!
@lights out why would I read book? My parents say so !
really i don't think so, read more books
We need more of these documentaries please
0:29 Dr Carl Hart. Book is called High Price
As if the cocaine only came from Nicaragua. It came mainly from Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. The government’s involvement is much deeper than this docu. says. Europe is also a drug addict like the US
Who were the dealers selling to? Keep fighting this war the same way and you’ll be in the same battle a 100 years from now!
My wife grew up with very little, now she has a 6 figure salary.
And yet nothing is being done to stop racism
This is a old documentary that came on E!
Who sang that money money money track on this episode??
I am, sick of all the hateful comments about President Reagan. He was a good president. I miss him.
@Sharon B Yes i am a Trump supporter. Like his approach to policy making tax cuts , building the wall , standing up to China ,standing up to the bias press
It wouldn't surprise me if you were a Trump supporter too
Calling this a documentary is a joke.
someone's mad their favorite president is a racist war criminal 😂
👀👀👀 mad at the truth huh shits actually disgusting right.
JACOB USA IS COMMIE NOW!!!! CHIMERICA💯😷😷😷
LMAOOOOO someone’s mad they exposed Reagan as a fraudulent, racist, hypocritical drug pusher 😂
Well done Documentary! I remember Decent people succumb to that Drug in the 80's life sentences for people selling Crack Cocaine, the Joblessness in that Era, the Dump of Cocaine from the American Government into the Black Community NEVER FORGET!
Sad to watch especially when you realise the things people lost due to crack friends loved ones 😔
whats the song playing at the beginning?
I really just watch the whole thing
According to this movie, it was the same people that blacks overwhelmingly just voted for that did all this to the black community. Seriously, Susan Rice and both Obamas are being paid HUGE money working for Netflix, you would think people would be smarter than to buy into this liberal blame everyone else trash. :-/
MeRiCa
Reagan, his administration, and the cia at that time are on the same level as Hilter or Trump, worse than Trump.
Ya trump and regan was genocide to african americans like zhitler Nazi Germany was doing to the Jewish people. Unreal. You need better mentors in life kid. I cant decide if you a black who thinks he been a victim his whole life for his skin color or if you white liberal who thinks black people have all had a worst life then you even though you know nothing about that person
Blame the Columbians for bringing in that shit..and then taking over
@BENNY RASHASHA y did they do this
Don't forget the biggest cartel of all: The US Government.
Who else Seen Leon and Fatback?
Smh...
Netflix: Let's not stereotype black/colored people Also Netflix: Let's interview ex-drug dealers, all of them black.
Remember the late 80’s into the 90’s when shit got real?
In the height of the 80’s the drug dealers were a majority of these figures because of a lot of factors. It’s pretty accurate for the time period.
"The chemical warfare"
One of the “narrators” complained that the police were turned into soldiers. What the hell do you consider shit slingers with uzis and 50 cal. rifles? You goddamn perpetual victims make me sick........
There's still neighborhoods in some cities where drugs (mostly heroine now) are sold right out in the open. There's a tent city a few miles from my place where the zombies just shoot up right out in the open in front of kids walking by. This was a good documentary but it didn't actually try to address the problem. Mass incarceration didn't work, and treatment doesn't work if someone doesn't want to change. We're no closer now to fixing the problem as we were back then, and I lived through the crack epidemic of the 90's.
It’s all regans fault!!!!!!!!! Get ready America this is the new Hollywood narrative now! Truth is no more!!!!!! I wonder who we can blame for the meth epidemic in southern IL right now cuz last time I checked it’s cuff em and stuff em! Sad man.
i liked it. sad but interesting. can’t wait for them to make a documentary in the future about what the government was trying to pull off with covid, instigating a civil war through the media, etc. really makes you think...these are a lot of the same people from that era
I don´t understand why the ex dealers on this documentary seem to feel no remorse or shame about the devastation they were a big part of in their communities. They were using children to run drugs, abusing women who were addicted to crack, and killing each other in drug fueds. It so sad, that generations have been destroyed due to the crack epidemic.
No one made ANYONE put that pipe to their lips. It’s always easier to blame someone else for their own misfortunes. Blaming a political party never helps either.
Urry thang is da wite mans's folt cuz dats wat dem crats be sa-in
you realize they talked about and featured footage of MULTIPLE Democrats in this film 😂 go be edgy somewhere else
It is rather humorous that all these “poor, black, victim” documentaries seem to start with a Republican being elected. Those Democratic plantation owners really know how to keep their livestock in line......
Precisely. Let the brainwashing commence...
I was thinking the same thing.
How long does it take a country(like America) to make a change with something so major,like drugs???don't get me wrong,we have problems with drugs in the UK but we do get things done...the American government seems like they couldn't give a sxxt.very sad state of affairs!!!nicely made programme Netflix 👍
You are kidding right? The UK is one of the biggest consumers in Europe of cocaine. What about all the kids that have been stabbed over drug and territory fueds? How about the `country lines´dealers using kids to traffic and sell their drugs? If you think the UK does not have a problem with drugs, then you must be smoking something.
Gary Webb. Rest In Power.
Why does this doc ignore the role of Gary Webb?
Thank you for bringing that up Drew Down, I wasn't familiar with Gary Webb, but after reading your comment, I read about him. I see that while he worked as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, that he exposed the CIA / Contra / Crack connection, and then was subsequently fired, and that a few years later, he mysterously died of a suicide, in which he suffered 2 gunshot wounds to the head! 2? Which of course is extremely unusual for a suicide, so the suspicion of course is that he was actually murdered. Drew Down, thank you for enlightening us all.
Gary Webb. R.I.P.
Gary Webb.
Bloody hell! there is some screen time for Maxine Walters but no mention whatsoever of Gary Webb?! I had to type his name many times in wikipedia to get to his article. Are we getting to Stalin's infamous airbrush already?! Damn free press!
To niesamowite jak zmienia się narracja w tym filmie w zależności od tego co pasuje autorom. Większa część filmu była o tym że czarni brali i właściwie wszyscy którzy brali/handlowali i wypowiadają się w filmie to czarni, a nagle w końcówce gdy mowa o osadzonych narratorzy mówią nam, że większość osób która brała to było biali. Do tegorocznej usprawiedliwianie matek które naćpane rodziły dzieci.... Ten film jest poniżej jakiejkolwiek normy
Lol, Hillary at the beginning. She's just mad crack has more bodies than her, even after 2 decades of making people disappear. That lady talking about, "picking up the pieces of the 80s today" yeah, so sorry it was a decade of personal accountability. I wish it would return.
The movie said that Blacks were purposely made the face of the crack epidemic, when 2/3's of the users were whyte. Whyte privilege was, when they would come to the hood & end up with fake crack... then actually call the cops to report being sold fake crack & the cop would arrest the black seller/let the whyte user go.
"Crack is wack"~Whitney Houston
Why is this an age-restricted video? You're being reactionary and ridiculous, PAworld. This is a fantastic doc, btw.
Ok doco. pitty about the people who chose to do the drug then blame how bad there life is. pathetic.
When you blame other race for your own race fuckin up lol
Users are too weak and blame everybody
If you see this comment, check out 13th on Netflix too. It chronicles the introduction and implementation of the prison complex profit system in the United States, which specifically targeted black and Latino individuals. This is the side of the "greatest country in the world" people don't want you to see.
13th is great. Difficult viewing and sad, but excellent 👍
Crazy thing ... I'm watching this documentary and they showed people in my neighborhood growing up here in Florida... I remember these horrible times....
"Chained together in this long chain and put on a bus, early in the morning and driven off to this place I've never been before. I don't know where I'm going. And as I'm taking this trip I'm thinking about my ancestors and I'm thinking about what progress have we actually made?" That line in the actual documentary is hard hitting, when I saw the images it literally made me think the same.
I’m glad that I grew up in a era where the youth didn’t do drugs. Thank God. There was crack everywhere in my neighborhood.
@JoeyDangerously nope. The Crack Era. The youth weren’t on drugs where I lived.
What era is that? "Post" -Crack everyone is on Opiods and pills.
While this Documentary touches some good points about the US policy towards drugs, etc.. its is certainly EXTREMELLY biased and (again) dangerous. After 1 and half hour this is what you will get: 1) Cocaine was so cool in the 80's, it was the drug of the elite 2) Poor black people, they wantd to be cool as well, like the elite, but Cocaine was too expensive 3) Black people HAD to get access to this marvelous drug. So they found a way to cut it up and invented crack - Much more affordable 4) Oh, poor blac people, oppressed by the white man and the state, had no other option (like working for McDonnalds for $3.35/hr) but to deal crack on the streets 5) Man, everyone was going crazy! People were making loads of money! But white Police was bad and couldn't prevented the killings between this oppressed gang members 6) US Government armed a Militia in Nicaragua and made a deal with them to turn a blind eye on cocaine shipping to the US 7) US Government goes crazy on these oppressed people, passing crazy laws trying to prevent the crimes and the crack dealing 8) Mass incarceration exploded in the US, destroying good samaritan families 9) Black people once more oppresed by the white man and the State taking ZERO responsibility for their actions and choices.. Enjoy it!
@Jacob Forrest I get a feeling from this movie that the drug addict are blaming police, goverment. I think I'm not only one and yes a lot of people from goverment got away with it , but I think that every person have a choice. Also I think it's not problem only in the 80' era. So where is the support now?
@Adéla Drahokoupilová No one in this documentary is blaming other people for their addiction. The point is that addiction is a MEDICAL issue. It’s not a coincidence that since the drug war has started, drugs are cheaper, more potent, and more available. The government couldn’t care less about stopping drug abuse considering they’ve been involved in drug trafficking during the drug war more than once, this being one example. Also multiple people featured in this film expressed their remorse for their respective roles dealing crack, especially Freeway Rick. But anyway you look at it, mostly those using and addicted to drugs were the ones incarcerated while many political figures high up in our government got away with it.
@Jacob Forrest Im not ignoring anything, but in this document drug addict people are blaming police, goverment and so on. But they never blame themself for their own action. Nobody said I'm the problem , I started this mess. Because of me I don't have family and work anymore. This shit pisses me of. Have a nice day :)
@Adéla Drahokoupilová good job ignoring the fact that the government couldn’t give two shits about drug abuse and instead of offering addicts help, decided to throw them into prisons at the same time they were involved in drug trafficking themselves. But go on, the drug war was definitely about stopping drug abuse and not incarcerating minorities in mass.... 😂
Kind of what I took from it, too. It’s possible that the US Govt. was involved, sure. Anything is possible. There could be a whole documentary on that alone and I would give it a watch. But not one user took responsibility for themselves and I think that’s a bigger issue at large. Blaming others for your own mistakes. Like they were victimized because they were forced to do this drug. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a two parent household, but my parents also taught me right from wrong. I’m almost 30 years old and to this day have never taken a single illegal substance, and believe me, the peer pressure has always been available.
What a heartbreaking story that was. At least the truth about the destructive US Government policies has been revealed for those that wish to see it.
That notif telling me that this is not appropriate for some ages, hahaha should've applied that during NARCOS hahaha coz ive watched it all already
Crack take life ,soul et lamour DONT TOUCHE...NEVER JE CRIE JAMAIS A CA. RIP read again
What documentary garbage. 1) Being poor is not synonymous with being a drug addict. You can't blame poverty or your childhood traumas for selling a child for $ 20 worth of drugs. You are the only one responsible for your bad decisions. 2) The culture of drug use began in the 60s with the counterculture. That is the cause of all evil. 3) It is unfortunate to reduce a complex economic and social problem such as drugs into a subject of racism and hatred towards the United States.
@Jacob ForrestThe culprits of drug trafficking are drug addicts and the culture of drug use in the United States. When you get a line of cocaine, you are killing people in Latin America and the United States. Stop using drugs and the problem is over. Reagan didn't invent cocaine, you guys get high long before Reagan was president and before the first gram of cocaine was produced in Colombia. Drug trafficking exists because it is necessary to supply US demand. The other possibility is to legalize cocaine around the world and that would end violence and save lives, but devastate entire countries. Colombia is not a consumer country and suffers from the violence produced by drug trafficking, so it is convenient for Colombia to legalize it to end the violence. However, I have seen what cocaine does in consuming countries like the United States and that is like a weapon of mass destruction. No consuming country in Europe or North America is ever going to legalize hard drugs like cocaine or heroin.
@Jacob Forrest I am Colombian and there is no country that has suffered more from drug trafficking than Colombia and I assure you that this is a problem of the market and of supply and demand. The cocaine market was created by you during the 60s with the hippies and the counter culture, in Colombia cocaine was not known. Drug trafficking exists because it is extremely lucrative and is supported by the demand of the US and a young Colombian without having to finish high school can become a millionaire in a matter of a couple of years by sending cocaine to the US.
LMAOOOO good job ignoring that the Reagan administration was involved in cocaine trafficking at the same time it escalated the “war on drugs”. You really the purpose of the drug war was to end drug abuse? 😂
I'm from Harlem and I loves me some crack
Is it really that good
Lol they call it bill clintons 93 crime bill, Joe Biden wrote it, owns it as his in many videos, even admits eventually it was a mistake, also he gives credit to the Democrats for the law enforcement from 60's to mid 90's
God Bless America
I find it shocking how many people are denying the huge involvment of the US government into the crack cocaine epidemic during the eighties and even labeling it as a cheap conspiracy theory. There was an official committee report lead by John Kerry in 1985. "The report found that "the Contra drug links included... Payments to drug traffickers by the U.S. State Department of funds authorized by the Congress for humanitarian assistance to the Contras, in some cases after the traffickers had been indicted by federal law enforcement agencies on drug charges, in others while traffickers were under active investigation by these same agencies." You can google it in a couple of minutes.
I remember growing up and my friends mothers were smoking crack in the bedroom and all of us playing video games in the living room!
Worst documentary ever, turned it off after 10 mins, Netflix trying to blame a drug pandemic on racism, what a crock of shit - clear application of critical race theory, sorry, i ain’t buying it!!
Just watched this doco. I’m still blown away by the racist language that Netflix seems to find acceptable. “People of colour” my god, people still talk like that? That phrase is exactly two words too long. Just “people” is sufficient. No need to reduce human beings to something as arbitrary as skin colour ffs
@Sir Solid Snail The specific community of people who were effected by crack had this characteristic in common : they dealt, used (or were related to someone doing either ) crack cocaine. Whatever race the users and dealers were is only important to racists.
I think it's legit to use to emphasize the institutional racism against a specific community.
I saw people talking about @Dumps_lord on telegram, I tried it and he’s legit and good,got my CC immediately after payment
I would love to know why this documentary does not show Michael Ruppert (white man) former La narcotics detective who blew the whistle for the American government shipping cocaine. All in front of the CIA director.
I'm confused, the documentary appears to me that Netflix is trying to PROMOTE the use of CRACK? Crack has caused a huge epidemic of crime, illnesses and prostitution. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BANNED! it's highly addictive and it seems like the narrative of Netflix is trying to say it's not such a bad drug.. ?!?!?!
Nope this is not in any way a promotion of a highly addictive substance. This documentary include offers lots of perspectives testimonials of ex addicts, ex dealers, journalists, politicians, law enforcement. Yeah celebrities took cocaine and some took crack like Richard Pryor did. He freebased crack with ether and the pipe exploded setting him on fire. This documentary shows how and why crack became epidemic and ravaged black families in the inner cities No rehabilitation treatment or better paying jobs was offered. Instead harsher laws and mass incarceration in the prison system. Netflix was not trying to glamourize or promote any drugs. That would not be cool. Recommended viewing.
When white people were using crack and cocaine,nobody says shit and it’s cool but when black people use it,they get beat up and life time in jail,even the ones that don’t use get sentenced,we have a long way to equality but we’ll get there one day✊🏽
It's a great documentary about not taking accountability for your actions and blaming the govt for personal choices they made while selling to your own community and destroying each other
Thank you for recognising nothing wrong with the government imprisoning people for decades for drug abuse (which is a medical condition) at the same time it was involved in bringing those same drugs into the country.
That still doesn’t make the government right in what they did .
So watching this movie and basically all the black people on the documentary saying it’s the white mans fault. Um but all the dealers where black so things haven’t changed I guess. All the white mans fault never take any responsibility which is what I always have gotten upset.
This doco is just sad but very eye opening.
God Help Me!!!
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Cant people see that this is just a part of the big NWO/ Illuminati conspiracy. Another fine example of thieves and liars from the higher echelons of society using their vast power and influence to destroy society. They have to do this in order to bring in they're own version of utopia, with themselves as the the supreme rulers of course. sounds more like dystopia to me, but hey what do I know? I'm just a conspiracy kook.
Y'all think that the communities in Scarborough Ontario Canada was affected as well! I remember seeing crackheads in my neighborhood in the 80s 90s 2000s.... ! Those stories about Rick James and Charlie Murphy, Eddie Murphy it's all true stories! Rick James punched Charlie Murphy in the forehead in the club... True stories about partying at the clubs... Land of the Lost!
Just say no to drugs kids (" Nancy Reagan") endorse by Ronnie Reagan!!
If you want to be nothing in life smoke crack
DEEP****
00:15 ¡Don Ramón! sal de ahí. Esa no es tu familia. Con razón se veía bien cricoso.
Joe Rogan is watching this doc right now!
cocaine is better than crack. also,you get less sentence using the fist one
This documentary was made for suburban white people obviously Bc we as black people already know this was put in place by Regan & The CIA 🤷🏾♂️ This was Chemical Warfare....They got wealthy off of it & we suffered
@Sir Solid Snail No doubt bro 💯💪🏾
@anwjuice hmmm cultural vulture, coming from a Neanderthal? Whose has done nothing but destroy the planet & have disregard for Nature & The life of Aboriginal people all over the planet? And takes all their ideas & thoughts....💯🤷🏾♂️
I'm white but from Germany. This docu teached me a lot about institutional racism in the US. What I took from this is even important in my Country, because we also have conservative assholes which still criminalize drug addicts, instead of helping them.
STFU racist clown. You got name mafia in your name so please take that out. Don't be a culture vulture. Mafia is itilian and those are white people so please stop stealibg from us you dang culture vultures
Is it just me or did this trailer make anyone else feel like doin some coke lol?
“Just say no, what’s so hard about that” -Dave Chappelle
@NeoGeo12 I'm the person bring the drugs into the country and Communities? Ya okay their it's all me!
@Marsha Morrison If the very people Saying just say No have basically abandoned these communities and are introducing these drugs into the country. Then it's hypocrisy.
It's not abt saying no! It's abt having respect for yourself and not giving into pure pressure!
calling out those whites addicted to Opioid nowadays.
the chap in the docu ,cause of the cuban embargo says ,for "a period a time you coudnt get a si ngle cuban cigar in the us ,but says everyweek tons of cocaine was getting through no worries ,thats the brutal narrative
It is simply the superiority of the private sector over the public sector. In communist Cuba the tobacco factories are in the hands of the state and they are a disaster, not even Cubans can buy tobacco. Instead, cocaine was handled by private illegal Colombian organizations.
I couldn't watch this shit it's a nightmare
If you can make crack from cocaine in your house, and its so much cheaper to get real high, better than cocaine, it is totally natural to spread in the suburbs , ghettos and amongst poor people .. There is no much space for conspiracy ..
facts - america is built on hardworking american who have nothing to do with crime but they are the victim of elite of america who make money by looting hardworking honest citizens by way of heavy tax, supplying drugs, and labeling certain commnity for everything that is wrong with the great democratic country. people should rethink and make good choices for politicians who will work and not rule people of america. for that unity is required by every sect of people in america. god bless hard working honest citizens for a better living and safe place to have a good standard of life.
Film nya bagus 👍👍👍
This is a hell of a good docu on former people either being consumer of the drug "Crack" or dealers in the 80, when Crack overflodded the US! It's very sad especially the ending what people lost because of the poison drug called "Crack" and a US Government & the CIA who had their hands in some dirty shit and lying to the people and especially the black community! Netflix hits the spot with really good docus!
What if black people said no, we don't want that in our neighborhoods? What if they controlled their kids and raised them all to be law abiding citizens who work and pay taxes? Do you think the democrat party would still be able to fool them into voting for them? I doubt it.
Totally. It was so hard to watch. The government allowed this to happen, then turned around and punished people instead of helping them. All those years poor people were being mistreated and men and women were thrown into jail for DECADES for carrying small amounts of d rugs. It was brutal. Yet it was easier to pin it as "inner city people being out of control" and spreading more lies. The story of the woman that her Dr. turned her in was painful. I also feel so bad for all the young men who went to jail because of what the police implanted!
LOOK WHAT THE DUMMICRATS HAVE DONE TO OUR BLACK COMMUNITIES
WOOP ! WOOP ! That’s the Sound of da Police! Amazing Documentary
@A.T. I don’t know what you talking about, i enjoyed the documentary!
Shit "documentary" I don't want your emotional white man bad. I want a good documentary.
usa quem é jovem em formação de sua personalidade, os que possuem personalidade tem outros objetivos. Eu sempre uso a ficção para imaginar um mundo sem remédios, porem sei que o vício poderia ser outro. A dependência é parte do pecado, da desordem, da fraqueza egoísta e do desejo sem domínio próprio.
Nao invente, muitos adultos usavam drogras para fugir da realidade, da mesma maneira que varios adultos e idosos fumam cigarros. É pra fugir da realidade,para isso são usadas drogas.
A documentary trying to blame your crack problem on Iran-Contra and Nicaragua It's never my fault it's always someone else's Trying to get some of the opiate money go for it the only way you can get rich these days
Don't do drugs.
And never once have I ever heard in a documentary any black people taking accountability or responsibility for the position they are in it's always the white man's fault
Actually I heard several people acknowledge they were wrong but of course you didn't hear it.
It's was the white men fault how else would it come to America black people was poor had no plane to fly anything into America
That's right Netflix you just keep up pandering the racist propaganda it is possible to make a documentary without forcing false narratives down everyone's throat I'm not racist Netflix and no matter how much you keep trying to tell me I am I will never be
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