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  • Raw Opium (2010)
  • 84 min | Documentary
Raw Opium (2010)
84 min | Documentary
Raw Opium is a feature length documentary (and two-part TV series) about a commodity that has tremendous power - both to ease pain and to destroy lives. The opium poppy is the raw material for heroin, fueling a vast criminal trade larger ...See moreRaw Opium is a feature length documentary (and two-part TV series) about a commodity that has tremendous power - both to ease pain and to destroy lives. The opium poppy is the raw material for heroin, fueling a vast criminal trade larger than the economies of many countries. Raw Opium is a journey around the world and through time, where conflicting forces do battle over the narcotic sap of the opium poppy. From an opium master in southeast Asia to a UN drug enforcement officer on the border of Afghanistan hunting down the smugglers of central Asia; from a former Indian government Drug Czar and opium farmer to a crusading Vancouver doctor and Portuguese street worker who daily confront the realities of drug addiction. We see how this flower has played, and continues to play, a pivotal role - not just in the lives of people who grow, manufacture and use it - but also in the increasingly tense sphere of international relations. In the process, our assumptions about addiction and the War on Drugs are challenged. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Peter Findlay
Producer
Robert Lang
Composer
John F. Findlay (as John Findlay)
Cinematographers
Jonathan Bland | Derek Rogers
Editor
Michael Fuller
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Updated Nov 30, 2010
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Nov 2010 (Netherlands)
Awards
1 nomination

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