- 2000s
- hbo
- prostitution
- male prostitution
- aids
- overdose
- homosexuality
- black tar heroin
- crack cocaine
- mental illness
- syringe
- hiv
- addiction
- shooting heroin
- social documentary
- drug material
- urban setting
- seattle
- washington
- san francisco
- california
- twenty something
- teenage girl
- street life
- shooting up
- sex
- runaway
- prostitute
- mother daughter relationship
- male female relationship
- male prostitute
- junkie
- jail
- hypodermic needle
- hustler
- homelessness
- human immunodeficiency virus positive
- heroin
- grandfather granddaughter relationship
- gay
- drugs
- drug use
- drug dealer
- drug addict
- cinéma vérité
- child abuse
- boyfriend girlfriend relationship
- independent film
- lgbt
Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street (2000)
Steven Okazaki, Alice McMunn, Tracey Helton, Jessica Snow
The film follows a simple structure, and shows the drug-related degradation of five youths (Jake, Tracey, Jessica, Alice, Oreo) during the course of three years. The film depicts their drug-related crimes and diseases: prostitution, male prostitution, AIDS, and lethal overdoses.