Keyword: drug addiction

Pure Shit

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1975

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Four young heroin addicts scour the streets of Melbourne in search of some good-quality narcotics – or as they call it, pure shit’. In the space of 48 hours, a friend dies of an overdose, they are ripped off by criminals and arrested and assaulted by police. They bungle a break-in, get chased by hooligans and one is sent to a methadone clinic. The search for drugs veers between farce and tragedy, but it never stops.

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

7.1

2013

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The documentary tracks the divas difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fuelled world of the big bands of the 30s and 40s, to fill nightclubs and saloons across the US in the 50s and early 60s as a force in her own right. Looking at the lives and careers of six individual singers (Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and Annie Ross), the film not only talks to those who knew and worked with these queens of jazz, but also to contemporary singers who sit on the shoulders of these trailblazing talents without having to endure the pain and hardship it took for them to make their highly individual voices heard above the prejudice of mid-century America.

Broken Mile

4.2

2016

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A drug addict awakens to find the girl he is with dead, and must rush to escape the consequences.

Needle Park Baby

7.3

2020

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Spring 1995 - after the closure of the Needle Park in Zurich, 11-Year- Old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside.

The Business of Recovery

7.8

2015

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The Business of Recovery examines the untold billions that are being made off of families in crisis. With little regulation or science, addiction treatment has become a cash cow business that continues to grow while deaths pile up.

TV Junkie

7.3

2006

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Rick Kirkham was a reporter for Inside Edition who appeared on a segment called \Inside Adventure\. From the age of 14, he filmed more than 3,000 hours of a video diary; this included footage during his tenure on Inside Edition during which he was addicted to crack cocaine.