| Dope is Death is a documentary film directed by Mia Donovan that tells the story of the Young Lords Party and their revolutionary approach to tackling the heroin epidemic in the 1970s. The film follows the group's efforts to create a free, community-based detox program in the Bronx, which became known as the Lincoln Detox Center. The film begins by providing background on the Young Lords Party, a Puerto Rican activist group that emerged out of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. | |
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Rating: 7.2 Year: 2020 Duration: 78 min |
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