Dope Is Death
“We will fight heroin & methadone addiction by any means necessary”
2020•1h 18m•8.0•Released
Documentary
The story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with the Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 — a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America.
Director
Mia Donovan
Studio
EyeSteelFilm
Cast
Mutulu Shakur
Self
Production
Company
EyeSteelFilm
Company
Utopia
Producer
Bob Moore
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