| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 82 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Mia Donovan. |
| Cast |
Mutulu Shakur. |
| Summary |
Official selection, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, DOC NYC, True/False. DOPE IS DEATH is a remarkable collection of interviews and archival footage of the Bronx in the early 1970s, when Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, and a coalition of left-wing activists from the Young Lords and Black Panthers, combined community health with radical politics to create Lincoln Detox - the first acupuncture detoxification program in America. Dope is Death presents a profound story of empowered community healing to save a marginalized community from a heroin epidemic and tracks the oppressive government systems that resisted this alternative approach to holistic treatments. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Shakur, Mutulu (Activist)
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Black Panther Party -- History -- 20th century.
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Young Lords Party -- History -- 20th century.
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Drug addiction -- Treatment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Acupuncture -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Donovan, Mia, screenwritter, film director, cinematographer, film editor.
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Moore, Bob (Film producer), film producer.
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Aung-Thwin, Mila, film producer.
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Cross, Daniel (Documentary filmmaker), film producer.
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Bermudez, Glauco, cinematographer.
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Ramasutra (Musician), composer.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT14815345 |
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