May 13, 2009
The Dark End of the Street:
I've just found Steven Okazaki's 1999 documentary Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street on YouTube that follows the chaotic lives of heroin addicts in Southern California.
It's not polemic and tries as much as possible to simply document, but it's a dark journey into the void with many of the people involved in the 1990s heroin scene.
It's not easy to watch, but it is a rare insight into the lives of people who are often hidden in plain sight.
Link to Part 1 (links to other parts on right).
