Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
Documentarydrug abusesan francisco, californiadespairwomen's prisonmale prostitutionprison sentencestreet lifeboyfriend girlfriend relationshipheroin addicttwenty somethingheroin addiction1990s
A harrowing three-year documentary portrait of five young people's descent into heroin addiction, marked by relentless degradation, disease, and death.
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.
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