Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

1h 29m

Documentary

6.8

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Cast

Carl Hart

Self – Neuroscientist

Koe Rodriguez

Self

Nelson George

Self

Corey Pegues

Self

Samson Styles

Self

Felipe Luciano

Self

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Nancy Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage)

James Traficant

Self (archive footage)

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage)

John Kerry

Self (archive footage)

Dan Rather

Self (archive footage)

Geraldo Rivera

Self (archive footage)

Chuck Schumer

Self (archive footage)

Mike Tyson

Self (archive footage)

Maxine Waters

Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

Self (archive footage)

David Stern

Self (archive footage)

Paul Reubens

Self (archive footage)

Don Rogers

Self (archive footage)

Michael Jordan

Self (archive footage)

Michael Douglas

Gordon Gekko (archive footage)

John Deutch

Self – CIA Director (archive footage)

Wendell Foster

Self – Reverend (archive footage)

'Freeway' Ricky Ross

Self

Crew

Stanley Nelson

Director

Brittany Huckabee

Editor

Mike Long

Editor

Charnelle “Cha” Quallis

Editor

Jeremy Phillips

Editor

Marcia Smith

Executive Producer

Cameo George

Producer

Naimah Jabali-Nash

Producer

Keith Brown

Producer

Nicole London

Producer