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El Crack (English: The Crack) is a 1981 Spanish crime drama film co-written and directed by José Luis Garci, starring Alfredo Landa. The plot was inspired by the novels written by Dashiell Hammett, to whom the film is dedicated. [1] It is a detective film and basically a Spanish film noir.
Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of the stimulant cocaine that can be smoked. Crack offers a short, intense high to smokers. The Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment calls it the most addictive form of cocaine.
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The Adolescents (Spanish: Los adolescentes) is a 1968 Mexican drama film directed by Abel Salazar. [1] The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee.
In 1986, the DEA began an anti-crack campaign in New York, rounding up hundreds of buyers and street sellers, many of whom became informers. [6] They led agents to Polanco-Rodriguez's headquarters at 2400 Webb Avenue and 2623 Sedgwick Avenue, in Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx. There, agents found bulletproof vests, automatic weapons, a gas mask and ...
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy is a 2021 American documentary film made for Netflix and directed by Stanley Nelson. [1] Its story focuses on the emergence and effects of the 1980s crack epidemic in the United States, which resulted in negative effects on America's inner cities. [2] [3] The film was released on January 11, 2021.
El Crack is a 1960 Argentine film produced and directed by José A. Martínez Suárez. [2] The script was written by José A. Martínez Suárez, Carlos Alberto Parrilla and Solly Schroder, based on the book by Jose A. Gerino. The music was done by Ástor Piazzolla and Víctor Schilchter; and the production company was Alithia Cinematográfica.
Jemeker Thompson-Hairston is an American former drug dealer who rose to the top of the cocaine trade during the peak of the 1980s crack epidemic in the United States. She was based in "South Central" Los Angeles and had cocaine distributors in multiple US cities working for her.