The House I Live In (2012 film)
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| Directed by | Eugene Jarecki |
| Written by | Eugene Jarecki |
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| Edited by | Paul Frost |
| Music by | Robert Miller |
| Distributed by | Abramorama |
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]- January 2012: Won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.
- April 2014: Won a Peabody Award.[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- Official website
- The House I Live In at IMDb
- The House I Live In at AllMovie
- The House I Live In at the TCM Movie Database
- The House I Live In at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- 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.
Categories:
- 2012 films
- 2012 documentary films
- American documentary films
- Sundance Film Festival award–winning films
- History of drug control
- Drug policy of the United States
- Films directed by Eugene Jarecki
- Criminal justice reform in the United States
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s American films
- Films scored by Robert Miller
- English-language documentary films