The House I Live In Official Trailer #1 (2012) Drugs Documentary Movie HD

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend the film itself as an eye-opening account of how drug laws drove mass incarceration and militarized policing.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Rotten Tomatoes Trailers

Topic

war on drugs

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2015

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Since drug war/prison system/militarized police keeps popping up on HN, I'd highly recommend anyone very interested in learning more about how this came to be to watch the documentary "The House I Live In." Trailer: [VIDEO] Link to site: [LINK] It's an excellent explanation of …

• If you haven't already seen The House I Live In, I recommend watching the documentary online. It will change the way you think about drugs and the United States' prison system. The movie doesn't focus specifically on technology, but it explores the by-any-means-necessary approach to …

• For anyone a little less familiar with mandatory minimum sentencing -- I highly recommend the documentary 'The House I Live In' [VIDEO] Streams instantly on Netflix - one of the most important documentaries I've ever seen