American Drug War: Last White Hope (2007)

American Drug War: Last White Hope (2007)

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DETAILS

Length: 2 hr 2 min
Release Date: Jan 25, 2008
Starring: Tommy Chong, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, General Barry McCaffery, Judge James Gray, Gov. Gary Johnson, Freeway Ricky Ross, Joe Rogan, Todd McCormick, Claudia Jensen, Ron Paul, Ralph Nader, Cele Castillio, Mike Ruppert and Jello Biafra
Screenplay By: Kevin Booth
Directed By: Kevin Booth
Produced By: Kevin Booth and Page Ostrow & Company
Awards:
- Best Feature - International Human Rights - ARTIVIST Film Festival - Hollywood, CA 2007
- Best Documentary - Do It Yourself Film Festival - Hollywood, CA 2007
- Best Documentary - Evil City Film Festival - East Village NYC 2007
- Best Documentary - Silver Lake Film Festival - Los Angeles, CA 2007

Plot Summary

35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history, the question has become, how much more can the country endure?
Inspired by the death of four family members from "legal drugs" Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a big failure. Three and a half years in the making, the film follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA. AMERICAN DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. This is not some 'pro-drug' stoner film, but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the front lines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who are living it. After 4 years of production including several sold out test screenings in New York, Austin & Los Angeles, the final version of American Drug War "the last white hope" is locked and loaded.