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Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey
200654 min 26 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Connie Littlefield
Production: Ann BernierKent MartinChristopher Zimmer
Script: Connie Littlefield
Produced by imX Communications inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada, with the participation of the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation, in association with Global Television, a division of CanWest Media Works Inc and the assistance of the Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit and The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit.
Meet a group of maverick cops - and former cops - who have put in decades fighting the war on drugs. They may be libertarians, Republicans, socialists or evangelical Christians, but they all believe strongly that drug prohibition is a terrible mistake and that all illicit drugs should be in the hands of government, not under the control of criminals.
John Gayder, a currently employed constable with nearly 20 years experience, is our guide to the world of pro-legalization cops. Among this group is the legendary Frank Serpico, the man who blew the whistle on corruption in the New York Police Department, and who was shot in the face for his efforts. Then there's retired police captain Peter Christ, who spent 20 years enforcing drug laws before co-founding the group LEAP: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. These are only a couple of the men who tell us their incredible stories.
Watch Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey and you?ll be compelled to ask yourself: Is the war on drugs doing more damage than the drugs themselves?
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Crime and Delinquency
- Law and Crime > CrimesDrug Traffic and Substance Abuse
Credits
- writer
- Connie Littlefield
- director
- Connie Littlefield
- producer
- Ann Bernier
- Kent Martin
- cinematographer
- Kyle Cameron
- editor
- Angela Baker
- music composer
- Asif Illyas
- Shehab Illyas
- narrator
- Cathy Jones
- production manager
- Margaret Harrison
- researcher
- Lisa Bower
- Elizabeth Klinck
- production accountant
- Robert Hagen
- assistant editor
- Roz Power
- technical coordinator
- Roz Power
- second assistant editor
- Ariel Nasr
- production consultant
- Neil Boyd
- firearms consultant
- Gerry Gamble
- sound recordist
- Juan Gutiérrez
- Stephen McCabe
- Jeff Henschel
- lap steel
- Jamie Robinson
- baritone guitar
- Jamie Robinson
- production assistant
- Sean Lang
- additional camera
- Gustavo Andrade
- Mark Stoloroff
- Christopher Walters
- props
- Teresita Doucet
- post-production
- PowerPost Productions
- online editor
- Doug Woods
- colourist
- Doug Woods
- assistant on-line editor
- Chris MacIntosh
- dialogue editor
- Bob Melanson
- sound designer
- René Beaudry
- foley artist
- Dan Wagner
- foley recordist
- Ken MacCaull
- re-recording mixer
- Allan Scarth
- post coordinator
- Sara Thomas
- closed captioning
- Andrew Anningson
- graphic designer
- Ron McDougall
- corporate accountant
- Susan Crowell
- centre administrator
- John William Lutz
- production supervisor
- Patricia Coughran
- marketing manager
- Amy Stewart Gallant
- executive producer
- Kent Martin
- Christopher Zimmer