The House I Live In
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The House I Live In

From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.

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EDIT: anyone know why Youtube embeds don't work in this forum? It's about films after all.
Link to Youtube for the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5W9idE5hqk
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Re: The House I Live In
The director, Eugene Jarecki, was on The Daily Show last night:
Edit: Oh, fer fuck's sake, the embedding being disabled in this forum is fucking stupid. Go to http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tu...nterview-pt--1 to see the first part of the interview and to get the link for the second part.
Edit: Oh, fer fuck's sake, the embedding being disabled in this forum is fucking stupid. Go to http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tu...nterview-pt--1 to see the first part of the interview and to get the link for the second part.
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Re: The House I Live In
The director, Eugene Jarecki, was on The Daily Show last night:
Edit: Oh, fer fuck's sake, the embedding being disabled in this forum is fucking stupid. Go to http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tu...nterview-pt--1 to see the first part of the interview and to get the link for the second part.
Edit: Oh, fer fuck's sake, the embedding being disabled in this forum is fucking stupid. Go to http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tu...nterview-pt--1 to see the first part of the interview and to get the link for the second part.

EDIT: That's a solid interview. Thanks for the link Supr.
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Re: The House I Live In
This is excellent. just so well done. I highly recommend it.
It's one of the top selling things on iTunes today. Go out of your way to see it.
It's one of the top selling things on iTunes today. Go out of your way to see it.
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Re: The House I Live In
OK, just saw this a couple of nights ago (rental off of Amazon streaming). Overall, I was pretty disappointed. A much more powerful and convincing film could have been made on the subject than this. It had some terrific moments, but it failed to drive home its arguments.