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The House I Live In Official Trailer #1 (2012) Drugs Documentary Movie HD

Name: The House I Live In Official Trailer #1 (2012) Drugs Documentary Movie HD
Description: Official trailer for Eugene Jarecki's 2012 documentary The House I Live In, an investigative look at America's war on drugs and its effect on the criminal justice system. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

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4 HN users recommended this documentary in 5 different months between 2013 and 2015.

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5 strong recommendations HackerTube score 7.5

HN commenters recommend the film itself as an eye-opening account of how drug laws drove mass incarceration and militarized policing.

Official trailer for Eugene Jarecki's 2012 documentary The House I Live In, an investigative look at America's war on drugs and its effect on the criminal justice system. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

Pull quote: “a fantastic documentary about the US drug war/justice system. Go watch it now.” (HN, 2015)

Also tagged: war on drugs, drug policy, mass incarceration, criminal justice, mandatory minimums, documentary

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5 labeled comments from the HN archive; up to 20 are kept per video, favoring different commenters. Each one links back to the original thread.

Strongly recommends asr2bd July 2013 under Militarized police overreach — a second excerpt from Radley Balko's book

Documentary on how drug laws drove mass incarceration and policing

Since drug war/prison system/militarized police keeps popping up on HN, I'd highly recommend anyone very interested in learning more about how this came to be to watch the documentary "The House I Live In." Trailer: [this video] Link to site: [link] It's an excellent explanation of how drug laws and being "tough" on crime have led to skyrocketing incarceration rates, trigger happy cops, and broken communities.

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Strongly recommends hawkharris September 2013 under Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove Eclipsing N.S.A.’s

Documentary on by-any-means-necessary law enforcement and the US prison system

If you haven't already seen The House I Live In, I recommend watching the documentary online. It will change the way you think about drugs and the United States' prison system. The movie doesn't focus specifically on technology, but it explores the by-any-means-necessary approach to law enforcement that helps facilitate things such as the Hemisphere Project mentioned in the story. Trailer: [this video]

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Strongly recommends sharkweek March 2014 under Solitary confinement’s psychological effects

Documentary explaining mandatory minimum sentencing

For anyone a little less familiar with mandatory minimum sentencing -- I highly recommend the documentary 'The House I Live In' [this video] Streams instantly on Netflix - one of the most important documentaries I've ever seen

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Strongly recommends sharkweek July 2014 under The New York Times Calls for Marijuana Legalization

Documentary arguing drugs are a public health issue, not criminal

Two plugs I always make during any drug law discussion on HN: One - The Economist's 2009 article "Failed states and failed policies" - [link] (you might have to Google the title to get around a paywall) Two - The documentary, The House I Live In - [link] (trailer - [this video] ) Both make such a fascinating case that drugs should have never been a crime and punishment issue, but rather one of public health. I highly recommend both for a read and a watch, and both will articulate the case far superior to anything I would be able to write here.

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Strongly recommends kristofferR May 2015 under In Norway, a Prison Built on Second Chances

Fantastic documentary on the US drug war and justice system

Cool that this appeared here right now, as I'm in the middle of rewatching The House I Live In, a fantastic documentary about the US drug war/justice system. Go watch it now. [this video] The current US system is mindblowingly stupid. People who are treated like animals tend to act like it, especially if they're encouraged to.

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