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2012 documentary film
The House I Live In
Directed by
Eugene Jarecki Written by Eugene Jarecki Produced by Eugene Jarecki Melinda Shopsin Starring Cinematography Sam Cullman Derek Hallquist Music by
Robert Miller Distributed by Abramorama Release date
October 5, 2012 (2012-10-05 )
Running time
108 minutes Countries United States International
[1] Language English
The House I Live In , directed by
Eugene Jarecki , is a 2012
documentary film about the
War on Drugs in the
United States .
Participants
Michelle Alexander (civil rights litigator and the author of 2010's
The New Jim Crow )
Shanequa Benitez (resident of Cromwell Towers housing project in
Yonkers, New York )
The Honorable
Mark W. Bennett (U.S. District Court Judge in
Sioux City, Iowa )
Charles Bowden (journalist covering drug war-caused violence on the
Mexico–U.S. border )
Mike Carpenter (Chief of Security at Joseph Harp Correctional Center in
Lexington, Oklahoma )
[2]
Marshal Larry Cearley (Police Officer in the village of
Magdalena, New Mexico )
Eric Franklin (Warden of the Lexington Corrections Center in Lexington, Oklahoma)
Maurice Haltiwanger (sentenced to 20 years for crack cocaine distribution)
Dr. Carl Hart
[3] (Professor of Clinical Neuroscience,
Columbia University )
Nannie Jeter (resident of
New Haven, Connecticut )
Anthony Johnson (former small-time drug dealer in Yonkers, New York)
Dr.
Gabor Maté (Hungarian-born physician specializing in the treatment of addiction - has been working in
Vancouver, British Columbia , Canada for several decades)
Mark Mauer
[4] (Director,
The Sentencing Project )
Richard Lawrence Miller
[5] (American historian and expert on the history of U.S. drug laws)
Charles Ogletree (Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and a former academic advisor to Barack and Michelle Obama)
Kevin Ott (formerly
[6] serving life without parole on drug charges, Lexington Correctional Center, Lexington, Oklahoma)
Susan Randall
[7] (Private investigator in
Vermont - formerly a journalist/producer for National Public Radio, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Vermont Public Radio, and a researcher and associate producer for the A&E series Biography)
David Simon (creator of
The Wire on HBO)
Julie Stewart (President and founder of
Families Against Mandatory Minimums aka FAMM)
Dennis Whidbee (former drug dealer, and the father of Anthony Johnson)
Officer Fabio Zuena (Police Officer in the city of
Providence, Rhode Island )
David Kennedy (Professor of Criminal Justice,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City)
Reception
The documentary has been well received. Among the
review aggregators ,
Rotten Tomatoes gave it 94% based on 56 reviews
[8] and
Metacritic gave it 77/100 based on 24 reviews.
[9]
Roger Ebert says The House I Live In "makes a shattering case against the War on Drugs."
[10]
Peter Bradshaw reviewed the film for
The Guardian and summed it up as an "angry and personal attack on America's war on drugs [that] contends it is a grotesquely wasteful public-works scheme".
[11]
Awards
See also
References
^
"The House I Live In at Landmark Theatres" . Landmark Theatres . Archived from
the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved November 18, 2012 .
^ Coppernoll, Carrie.
"Weapons surface in prison sweep" . newsok.com . newsok. Retrieved 5 June 2018 .
^
"Substance Use Research Center" . Surc.columbia.edu.
Archived from the original on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-06-05 .
^
"Marc Mauer" .
The Sentencing Project . Archived from
the original on 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2013-06-05 .
^
"Richard Lawrence Miller: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle" . Amazon.com.
Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-06-05 .
^
"Out of prison after 23 years, thanks to his mother and a documentary" . the Guardian . 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2020-11-13 .
^
"Susan Randall – Founder & Director" . VTPrivateeye.com. Archived from
the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2013-06-05 .
^
The House I Live In at
Rotten Tomatoes
^
The House I Live In at
Metacritic
^
Ebert, Roger (October 10, 2012).
"The House I Live In :: roberbert.com :: Reviews" .
Sun Times .
Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012 .
^
Bradshaw, Peter (November 22, 2012).
"The House I Live In – review" .
Chicago Sun-Times .
Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2012 .
^
"Independent Lens: The House I Live In (PBS)" . peabodyawards.com .
Peabody Award .
Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016 .
External links
Official website
The House I Live In at
IMDb
National Public Radio Interview with Eugene Jarecki
National Public Radio Article
Appelo, Tim (January 29, 2012).
"Sundance 2012: Grand Jury Prizewinner Eugene Jarecki on Drug War Doc, 'The House I Live In' (Q&A)" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 14, 2013 .
Higgins, Bill (October 12, 2012).
"Brad Pitt Promotes 'The House I Live In' at Los Angeles Screening" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved January 14, 2013 .
Barnes, Henry (November 22, 2012).
"The House I Live In director Eugene Jarecki on the war on drugs: 'Everybody is a victim' - video" . The Guardian . Retrieved January 14, 2013 .