Genres

Documentary

Details

Original LanguageEN

Release date17 Mar 2000

StatusReleased

Movie duration75 min / 1:15

Companies

Countries

United States of America

Keywords

drug abuse san francisco, california despair women's prison male prostitution prison sentence street life boyfriend girlfriend relationship heroin addict twenty something heroin addiction 1990s runaway children self-medication

Crew

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street

Name: Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
Rating: 3.45

Movie • 2000 • R • 1:15 hours

The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.