Documentary · Canada · 2020 · 1h 18m

Dope Is Death

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Director
Mia Donovan
Cast
Mutulu Shakur as Self
Crew
Mia Donovan — Director of Photography Glauco Bermudez — Director of Photography Mia Donovan — Editor Ramachandra Borcar — Original Music Composer Bob Moore — Producer
Tagline

We will fight heroin & methadone addiction by any means necessary

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Dope Is Death — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
black panther partyacupuncture
Key Collaborators
Mia Donovan Director Mia Donovan Director of Photography Glauco Bermudez Director of Photography Mia Donovan Editor Ramachandra Borcar Original Music Composer Bob Moore Producer
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