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Dope is death / written & directed by Mia Donovan ; produced by Bob Moore.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young Lords (Organization)--History--20th century.
- Young Lords (Organization).
- Black Panther Party--History--20th century.
- Black Panther Party.
- Drug addiction--Treatment--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Drug addiction.
- Detoxification (Substance abuse treatment)--United States.
- Detoxification (Substance abuse treatment).
- Acupuncture--New York (State)--New York.
- Acupuncture.
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (82 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Utopia Select, 2020.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Dope is Death is the story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 - a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist in America.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 26, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1264229452
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