"The Wild World of the Drug Addict"
A story of two men who become heroin addicts, what they must do to support their habit and how it affects their lives.
Social & External
The people behind it
Franklin Rodríguez
Frankie
Sharyn Jimenez
Anita
Jerry Rutkin
Jerry
Starr Ruiz
Stella
Gilbert Mesa
Fats
Cecil White
Che Che
Louis Colon
Louie
Rudy Rosado
Rudy
John Gimenez
Pop
Eddie James
Harlem Man
This is a story of a mans journey from desperation to unexpected hope.
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A young couple are expecting a new born but one of them has an unexpected turn in life
A devastating plague has wiped out half the population of New York City, leaving it in a perpetual state of emergency. After years of lockdown, a young man, Paul, puts on his hazmat suit and ventures into the abandoned streets to meet Justine - a woman with whom he has developed a romance online, but never met. Paul has dreamed about this day, but doing this in reality is something else entirely. Will they be able to overcome their anxieties - and is it worth the risk?
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After being released from prison, Billy Skinner returns to his low-income neighbourhood feeling like a fish out of water; the area has changed dramatically, and what was once a predominantly white neighbourhood is now mostly occupied by refugee families.
Two longtime indie rock musicians’ band gets an unexpected second wind after a younger, newly popular rapper samples one of their old songs. Suddenly back in the spotlight and on tour, their increasingly different approaches to middle age push long-simmering personal and creative tensions to the breaking point.
An intense action thriller unfolds as relentless and ruthless criminals collide in a high-stakes battle where crime, morality, and love are put to the ultimate test.
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A translator working for the police gets involved in the other side of drug dealing.
Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
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A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back into a life he tried to put behind him.
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
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Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace's fall.
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
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Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
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