“American Drug War: The Last White Hope”, which was picked up by Showtime Networks, with a contract to be broadcast for the next two years, is now releasing on DVD, May 27th, 2008. With four first-place festival wins and rave reviews, the buzz is getting around fast.
Controversy recently erupted over the comments made by Senator Obama’s minister, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Alleging, among other things, the U.S. government’s involvement in the drug trade, Wright’s coverage by the media brought this discussion into living rooms across the country.
Appearing on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”, actor Esai Morales (“NYPD Blue”, “Jericho”) caught everyone off guard when he suggested that everyone watch “American Drug War”. That comment later became the focus of a segment on Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News television show.
35 years after Nixon started the war on drugs, we have over one million non-violent drug offenders living behind bars. The War on Drugs has become the longest and most costly war in American history. Inspired by the death of four family members from “legal drugs,” Texas filmmaker Kevin Booth sets out to discover why the Drug War has become such a colossal failure.
Three and a half years in the making, “American Drug War: The Last White Hope” follows gang members, former DEA agents, CIA officers, narcotics officers, judges, doctors, politicians, prisoners, celebrities, and more. “American Drug War” shows how money, power and greed have corrupted not just drug pushers and dope fiends, but an entire government. More importantly, it shows what can be done about it.
It is rare that a film comes along with the potential to literally change the world. “American Drug War” is that film and is on its way to reaching its potential. From nationally syndicated television and radio interviews to colleges and university screenings and talks, Kevin Booth is working hard to get his message out and catalyze some real change.
Distributor Contact: Allen Chou
Company: Passion River Films
Ph: (732) 321-0711 x 100
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Press Contact: Kevin Booth
Company: Sacred Cow Productions
Ph: (323) 472-7922
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