{"id":15723,"date":"2020-12-14T21:01:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T02:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=15723"},"modified":"2020-12-14T21:01:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T02:01:58","slug":"crack-cocaine-corruption-conspiracy-a-new-series-begins-january-11-on-netflix-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/14\/crack-cocaine-corruption-conspiracy-a-new-series-begins-january-11-on-netflix-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Crack: Cocaine, Corruption &#038; Conspiracy&#8221; A New Series Begins January 11 on Netflix [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RbYdjyxDNtQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America&#8217;s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake. Decades later, the destructive effects on people&#8217;s lives, families, and communities are still deeply felt. <strong><em>Crack: Cocaine, Corruption &amp; Conspiracy<\/em><\/strong> examines not only the personal devastation caused by the drug but also the shadowy origins of the crisis and the resultant, ongoing marginalization of Black and Brown people trapped by the U.S. prison and healthcare systems.<\/p>\n<p><em>Crack: Cocaine, Corruption &amp; Conspiracy<\/em> is a searing, in-depth look into this defining moment in American history and how it continues to impact our society more than thirty years later. Via a collage of archival news footage, compelling interviews and era-specific hip hop, award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (<em>The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution; Freedom Riders<\/em>) peels back the layers of how crack decimated Black and Brown communities and rocked the nation. 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