High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995)

60 min · Social Study

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Directors

Maryann DeLeo, Richard Farrell

Cast

Dickie Eklund, Boo Boo, Brenda

The story

Over eighteen months, a documentary crew follows Lowell, Massachusetts natives Dicky Eklund, Gary "Boo-Boo" Giuffrida, and Brenda in their daily exploits to get high on crack cocaine. Once the United States' first planned textile town, Lowell fell on hard times after the mills' relocation to the South. Local computer company Wang Laboratories brought some prosperity in the 1970s and 1980s, but its closure in the 1990s caused a significant reversal.

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1995, Boxing match, Boxkämpfer, Cigarette, Crack, Delivery service, Drogenhändler, Drug Abuse, Drug Traffic, Fight, HIV-positive, High on Drugs, Junkie, Kokain, Penitentiary, Pipe, Police, Shoplifting, Syringe, Unwillingly pregnant, Short Film, Political drama, Documentary

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Social Study

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