A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
Dickie og Mickey er halvbrødre og professionelle boksere, men på vej i to meget forskellige retninger.Den ældste bror Dickie har talentet og troen, men mangler dømmekraften, og det sender ham snart mod afgrunden. Da han taber en kamp til en af tidens største boksere, bliver det første skridt ned ad en blindgyde af stoffer og vold – en livsstil, der frarøver ham hans karriere og sender ham direkte i fængsel.Mickey har i mellemtiden fået ry for at være den mest ihærdige bokser – med de mest ydmygende nederlag! Hans drøm om at bokse forsvinder dog aldrig, og da Dickie vender tilbage fra fængslet, gør han det til sin livsmission at forvandle sin lillebror fra den evige taber til en verdensklasse fighter.
Christopher "Biggie" Wallace hører til Brooklyns slemme drenge. Han sælger stoffer, bliver smidt ud hjemmefra og ryger i fængsel. Men bag den kriminelle adfærd gemmer han på en barnedrøm om at slå igennem som rapper. Den drøm bliver hjulpet på vej, da Sean "Puffy" Combs hører hans demo og hjælper Biggie til at udgive sin første plade. Med pladekontrakten følger dog et endnu mere turbulent liv. Notorious er et biografisk drama, der fortæller historien om den berømte, amerikanske rapper The Notorious B.I.G.'s alt for korte liv. Filmen løfter sløret for rapkulturens voldsomme bagside og tegner samtidig et fascinerende portræt af den kriminelle New Yorker-dreng, der kæmper sig vej til toppen og får kultstatus.
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.
Documents 18 months in the lives of three crack addicts in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Lisa is a middle-class white woman from Toronto, Canada. She's also addicted to crack cocaine. To maintain her habit, she works as a prostitute while living in a hotel room. She's tried to get clean, but knows too well how easy it is to relapse. Meanwhile, she participates in Toronto's needle exchange program to reduce her risk.
Documentary which aired in 1989 as part of the HBO documentary series "American Undercover". It was filmed in West Palm Beach, Florida over the course of eight weeks and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The documentary shows a cross section of abusers who have fallen under the deadly spell of the most addictive and affordable drug in America. Interviews with addicts and their families reveal that crack knows no socio-economic boundaries. Teenagers discuss the desperate measures they have taken to obtain the drug. The producers acknowledged the following for their assistance in making this film: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office; West Palm Beach Police Department; Data House of the Drug Abuse Treatment Association © Half-Court Productions Ltd. 1989
In the 1980s and 1990s, an epidemic of crack cocaine addiction ravaged African American communities across the United States. Crack is extremely addictive, a trap that can lead to homelessness and an early death. Black addicts in Atlanta, Georgia tell us about their addiction, their past, and their struggles with police.