Since the 1970s, Switzerland has been characterized by a sometimes controversial, sometimes innovative drug policy that has become a model for other countries around the world. Using archive footage and interviews with contemporary witnesses - politicians, social workers and former drug addicts - the film reconstructs key moments in this turbulent chapter of national politics.
A new principal comes to the underdeveloped village school that is affected by lazy teachers and drugs.
In the drug world, most stories revolve around men. But this one is about women. Some caught in the middle, some in the mix. And one, a true queenpin.
A gay beautician is determined to clear his name after learning he's included in a drug watchlist.
The Rastreadoras de El Fuerte are a group of mothers of disappeared persons in northern Sinaloa who, in the absence of the authorities, twice a week go out with picks and shovels in search of the remains of their children; a testimony of the abandonment of the State, the aggressions of the drug traffickers, the indifference of society and the pain, but also of the strength and courage that keep these women together, and of their empowerment to mobilize society in community organization.
20世紀最重要的爵士女伶比莉哈樂黛,創造出無數經典名曲,不過其中一首〈奇異的果實〉,卻因為歌詞暗喻白人社會對黑人的殘酷迫害,因此引發聯邦政府不滿。聯邦政府想要阻止她公開演唱這首歌曲,於是看準她藥物成癮的弱點,找來黑人探員吉米弗萊徹接近她,並讓吉米設下桃色陷阱,打算誣陷比莉就此鋃鐺入獄…。
A man that is a stranger, is an incredibly easy man to hate. However, walking in a stranger’s shoes, even for a short while, can transform a perceived adversary into an ally. Power is found in coming to know our neighbor’s hearts. For in the darkness of ignorance, enemies are made and wars are waged, but in the light of understanding, family extends beyond blood lines and legacies of hatred crumble.
Aswang follows a group of people whose lives have been caught up in these events: a journalist who tries to make a stand against lawlessness, a coroner, a missionary brother who comforts bereaved family members, and a street kid with parents in prison and friends in the cemetery. The film is a shocking account of unprecedented violence and the moral bankruptcy of a regime that still enjoys support from voters.
PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE looks at the war on drugs from 1968 until today and looks at trigger points in history that took cannabis from being a somewhat benign criminal activity into a self-perpetuating constantly expanding policy disaster.
The Nightcrawlers provides unprecedented access to the the Manila Nightcrawlers as they look to expose the true cost of Filipino President Duterte’s violent war on drugs.
"The Hydra" is a fast-paced suspense thriller and feature documentary about the sudden rise of ecstasy in Europe to epidemic levels after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
Weed. Marijuana. Grass. Pot. Whatever you prefer to call it, America’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one. In his directorial debut, hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy presents an unparalleled look at the racially biased history of the war on marijuana. A range of celebrities and experts discuss the plant’s influence on music and popular culture, and the devastating impact its criminalization has had on Black and Latino communities. As more and more states join the push to legalize marijuana, this documentary dives deep into the glaring racial disparities in the growing cannabis market.
上個世界80年代中期,年僅14歲的小理查德·沃捨成為了一名政府執法部門的線人,後來變成一個主要的毒販。這樣的雙面生活,也讓他與政府產生了摩擦,當有一天他被發現攜有17磅的海洛因,而那時他剛剛17歲。他被投入監獄,並被判處終身監禁,那麼問題來了,他淪落如此,當初讓他做線人的聯邦政府該負多少責任?
In the not so distant future, the war on drugs is considered a failure. Prohibition has ended. A group of friends risk their relationships and sanity, to create the perfect new drug.
An aging Caucasian man chats with his young Filipina lover only to witness the harsh social ills and injustices around the life of the young Filipina.
兩名南加利福尼亞大學生在墨西哥享受他們的春假,卻被人口販子綁架,他們要如何想辦法逃脫,並回到他們的家鄉呢?
As police and DEA agents battle sophisticated cartels, rural, economically-disadvantaged users and dealers–whose addiction to ICE and lack of job opportunities have landed them in an endless cycle of poverty and incarceration–are caught in the middle.
Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for?