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Feature film — 2012

The House I Live In (2012)

7.61h 50mDocumentary

In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong?

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A high-signal pick with 80 votes.

ZDF / Al Jazeera Documentary Channel / BBC / Charlotte Street Films / Louverture Films / NHK Enterprises / ITVS / Ford Foundation / JustFilms / SBS / VPRO

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Director: Eugene Jarecki

On screen

Cast & crew

Eugene Jarecki as Self - Narrator / Interviewer

Eugene Jarecki

Self - Narrator / Interviewer

Joe Biden as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joe Biden

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George H. W. Bush as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George H. W. Bush

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudolph Giuliani as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rudolph Giuliani

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John McCain as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John McCain

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nelson Rockefeller as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nelson Rockefeller

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hillary Clinton as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Clinton as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr. as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barack Obama as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nancy Reagan as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nancy Reagan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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