07 Oct 2016
13th
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
The House I Live In
The war on drugs has never been about drugs.
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?
Top Billed Cast
Joe Biden Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George H. W. Bush Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rudolph Giuliani Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John McCain Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nelson Rockefeller Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hillary Clinton Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Martin Luther King Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barack Obama Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancy Reagan Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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