Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000)

Name: Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2000-03-17

1h 15m

Running Time

Plot.

The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.

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Cast & Crew.

Steven Okazaki

Director

Alice McMunn

Self - 'Alice'

Michael Chin

Cinematographer

Justin Schein

Cinematographer

Details.

Release Date
March 17, 2000

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 15m

Content Rating
R

Filming Locations
San Francisco, United States

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

san francisco

drug abuse

despair

women's prison

male prostitute

prison sentence

street life

boyfriend girlfriend

heroin addict

twenty something

heroin addiction

1990s

runaway children

self-medication

Wiki.

Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street is a 1999 television documentary film directed by Steven Okazaki. Filmed from 1995 to 1998 in the Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, the documentary describes the lives of heroin addicts.