Dope Is Death
We will fight heroin & methadone addiction by any means necessary
78 mins
The story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with the 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.
Mutulu Shakur
Self
Myriam Magassouba
Additional Editing
Katie McKay
Associate Producer
Ryan Mullins
Additional Editing
Ramachandra Borcar
Original Music Composer
Cory Rizos
Sound Designer
Mila Aung-Thwin
Executive Producer
Marina Serrao
Production Manager
Samantha Neboschizkij
Online Editor
Valerie Shamash
Line Producer
Glauco Bermudez
Director of Photography