Video: The House I Live In

“The war on drugs has never been about drugs.”

Eugene Jarecki carved out his Sundance niche through his documentary Why We Fight, an investigative piece regarding the American war machine and the military-industrial complex (conservative news source Washington Times referred to Why We Fight as leftist “docu-prop,” so you know it’s good watching).

Jarecki’s newest documentary, The House I Live In, re-traced the steps of WWF: debuting at Sundance and receiving the festival’s Grand Jury Prize for U.S. documentaries. In House, Jarecki shifts the lens from American imperialism to the not-so-silent war at home, the war on drugs. Jarecki follows the war of persecution that rages within our borders, bolstering an economy that benefits drug kingpins; federal and local law enforcement and the prison-industrial complex, while destroying the lives of addicts and poor. The film is set for release in October, with screenings in New York and California.

Once the documentary is available online, we’ll link to it on Weedist.