For 36 years documentarian Jon Alpert followed three friends--Rob Steffey, Freddie Rodriguez, and Deliris Vasquez--through a Newark underground of drugs and poverty. We see them getting into trouble with the law, undergoing prison and rehab and reintegrating into society. Alpert, a recipient of DOC NYC’s Lifetime Achievement Award, gained remarkable access to a closed-off world. Filming under a variety of conditions and on several formats, he gives a first-person account of our failed war on d...
"Life and Filmmaking are Both a Search for Cutaways": Jon Alpert on Life of Crime 1984-2020
Filmmaker Magazine - 21 Dec 2021 17:00
For 36 years documentarian Jon Alpert followed three friends--Rob Steffey, Freddie Rodriguez, and Deliris Vasquez--through a Newark underground of drugs and poverty. We see them getting into trouble with the law, undergoing prison and rehab and reintegrating into society. Alpert, a recipient of DOC NYC’s Lifetime Achievement Award, gained remarkable access to a closed-off world. Filming under a variety of conditions and on several formats, he gives a first-person account of our failed war on d...
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