Best Feature / Human Rights ARTIVIST Film Fest - Hollywood 2007
Best Documentary DIY Film Fest - Hollywood 2007
Best Documentary Silver Lake Film Festival - Los Angeles 2007
Best Documentary EVIL CITY - New York 2006
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EVIL CITY ARTIVIST 2007 DIY Film Fest Silver Lake Film Fest
American Drug War .com's Interests
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The American Drug War DVD with over 3 hours of bonus footage, is now available in stores and online at The Sacred Cow Store.
Meet the cast of American Drug War...
Music
American Drug War features music from Fugazi, Da Watchman, Bardo Pond, Nick Knoc, Jetsuns, Rx, Happy Panjoma, Litter Meet, Rebel Soul Band, Paul Rose, and many more.
The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history. The question has become, how much more can the country endure? Inspired by the death of four family members from "legal drugs," Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a huge failure. Four years in the making, the documentary follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, politicians, prisoners and celebrities. Most notably the film befriends Freeway Ricky Ross; the man many accuse for starting the Crack epidemic, who after being arrested discovered that his cocaine source had been working for the CIA. AMERICAN DRUG WAR shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it. This is not some 'pro-drug' stoner film, but a collection of expert testimonials from the ground troops on the front lines of the drug war, the ones who are fighting it and the ones who are living it.
“Four Stars (highest rating)... Open-minded and intellectually honest... A mind-altering experience.” - CBS Radio
“Brace yourself for Afghani opium, interviews with a former drug czar and Amsterdam’s lone crack connoisseur, and basic bad-guy bedlam in this informative documentary.” -
High Times Magazine
"Any movie that features interviews with comedian Tommy Chong, a former drug czar, and the founder of the Bloods street gang is doing something right." - Austin Chronicle
“An eye-opening and compelling examination
of the war on drugs.” - Ain’t it Cool News
English translation: "All audiences should see this movie as it is very interesting how it analyses the American 'War on Drugs' in an entertaining way." - THCene
"I haven't seen a film that covered the breadth of a topic like this one in a very long time." - Wallingford Neighbors for Peace and Justice
“AMERICAN DRUG WAR is worth some serious frontal lobe absorption. This is a documentary that will show you just how well the war on drugs is going. And let me tell you, it really seems to be going great - drug use is up, education is down and all while you the taxpayer keep pouring the money in.” - Cinephelia
I'm going to start copying and pasting your bulletins into my bulletins. As I'm in the UK (Scotland inparticular) I feel not alot of people hear of ALL the information you give out and feel it's very important.
Hi Kevin! Greetings from Amsterdam! I'm on vacation right now. I popped in to the 420 Cafe the other day and told them about your documentary. The girl behind the counter was stoked! She had no idea about the documentary, but she was a huge Bill Hicks fan, so she knew exactly who you were! She's gonna check it out. Keep up the good work!
"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." - Abraham Lincoln: Speech in the Illinois House of Representatives, Dec 18, 1840.
