Review of The House I Live In (2012) by Greg S — 29 Nov 2012

Documentary examining some of the absurdities of the War on Drugs---like mandatory minimum sentences, the crack/cocaine sentencing disparity, and asset seizure---and how they've turned law enforcement into a self perpetuating prison-industrial complex that does nothing to address the root problems.

It effectively sets forth the argument that the system is broken and that those profiting from it have no incentive to fix things, but the idea of comparing scapegoated drug-users to Holocaust victims will certainly turn some people off.

The doc's biggest flaw was that it needed to be made 20 years ago, when these crazy laws were being enacted.