Original language(s) English Running time 60 minutes Initial release 9 August 2009 Produced by Louis Theroux Written by Louis Theroux | Country of origin United Kingdom Producer(s) Louis Theroux Distributor BBC Director Geoffrey O'Connor Followed by America's Medicated Kids Cast Louis Theroux | |
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The City Addicted to Crystal Meth is a British documentary by Louis Theroux. It was televised on 9 August 2009. Theroux filmed his documentary in Fresno, California which has one of the highest number of crystal meth users in the United States.
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Interview with drug dealer louis theroux bbc
Reception
The documentary had mixed reviews. The Times said "Theroux risks becoming the Alan Whicker de nos jours, a tourist with a typewriter, peering into these other lives but rarely getting dirty himself."
The Guardian called the work "an extraordinary film, a sad portrait of a very different California"
References
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA