Life of Crime 1984-2020

SYNOPSIS

Over a 36 year period, this film follows Rob, Freddie, and Deliris on a relentless ride through the streets and prisons of Newark, New Jersey. "Life of Crime 1984-2020" is a devastating look at the toll taken by addiction and the war on drugs.
Shot over the course of 36 years on the streets of Newark, New Jersey's largest city, Jon Alpert's LIFE OF CRIME 1984-2020 is a devastating look at the toll taken by addiction and the war on drugs. Following the lives of hustlers working to earn enough money to feed their addictions, the film is a harrowing portrait of the cycles of criminality, imprisonment, and drug use that spirals ever-downward, destroying the lives and relationships of the film's subjects through the power of relentless need. Alpert's film is a compassionate examination of his subject's lives that never flinches from their reality.