Summary
A blue collar worker tries to rescue his pregnant, heroin-addicted girlfriend from the notorious streets of Camden, NJ and her close-knit group of drug users. Once their son is born, he forces her to choose between her life with her drug "family" and one with him and their child.
Good for
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
- Solo watch
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+23)
Critics 100Audiences 77GoodWatch 84
Tomatometer100%
IMDb7.7
Running time
1 h 18 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −18 min on the typical 96
typical 9678Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries, rent or buy in 13 more
Released
2020
January 26, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Hasan Oswald Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
Writing · 3
- Derek Rubin Writer, Producer
- Alexander Spiess Writer, Producer
- Kait Plum Writer, Editor
Production · 5
- Betsy Stahl Executive Producer
- Stephen Nemeth Executive Producer
- Tony Pemberton Executive Producer
- Roberta Friedman Co-Producer
- Daniel Loewenthal Co-Producer
Sound · 2
- John McDowell Music
- Margaret Saadi Kramer Music Supervisor
Other crew · 1
- Ahmed Barbary Post Production Supervisor
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