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By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 29 Oct 2012

There's no confusion about Jarecki's point of view in The House I Live In- he's out to make the case that America's drug laws cause far more…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 26 Oct 2012

The film deserves credit for offering a unique perspective on a relevant social issue…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 24 Oct 2012

A thought-provoking, compelling documentary that encourages you to look at our national drug policy in a broader context…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 24 Oct 2012

Statistics abound in this thorough analysis of the declared war [on drugs] that, like Vietnam, we are losing…

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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 23 Oct 2012

A devastating dispatch from the front lines of America's war on drugs, the film tracks the rise of the prison-industrial complex as masterfully…

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By Vivian R (25) on 19 Oct 2012

Finally a doc addressing our biggest policy blunder yet…

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By Todd B (417) on 18 Oct 2012

This film by Eugene Jarecki should be required viewing for every American voter…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 17 Oct 2012

You will hear a Lincoln historian, Richard Lawrence Miller, compare the War on Drugs to the Holocaust and be convinced…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 13 Oct 2012

It's hard to deny the frustration of judges and correctional officers who have seen people locked away for decades while drug usage remains constant…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Oct 2012

It's a film as profoundly sad as it is enraging and potentially galvanizing, and it's one of the most important pieces of nonfiction to hit…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 10 Oct 2012

Jarecki's case is so compelling that, when he concludes by comparing the drug war to the Holocaust, the obvious charge of hyperbole doesn't…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 04 Oct 2012

Eugene Jarecki, an adept chronicler of corrosive societal corruption, offers a thoughtful look at the human cost of the epic, decades-long…

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By Christopher Campbell (291) for Movies.com (1,002) on 04 Oct 2012

A true nonfiction complement to The Wire…

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By Tom Clift (226) for Moviedex (362) on 14 Aug 2012

A fantastically constructed, unrelentingly compelling look at one of the biggest ongoing injustices in American society today…

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By Jennifer M (1,179) on 06 Aug 2012

Repetitive, but does fire several devastating shots at the awful truth. #MIFF2012…

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By Scott M (2,584) on 27 Jun 2012

Boring, pedantic, and with nothing new to say. It works in bits and pieces but most of it is a drag…

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By Anne B (234) on 18 Jun 2012

A potent cry for a drastic rethinking of America's War on Drugs…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Apr 2012

Jarecki, as always, does a good job of presenting a huge amount of information in bite-size chunks…

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By Kate Erbland (681) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 01 Feb 2012

It's a truly informative documentary, though it sags on occasion, and feels much longer than its 110-minute runtime…

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By Sudeep M (6) on 31 Jan 2012

Does an amazing job of tackling such a challenging subject…

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