Jay-Z narrates the 4-minute case for why the drug war was always a scam.
Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for?
Writing
Jay-Z's narration packs a thesis into four minutes.
Editing
Rapid-fire archival cuts that never waste a frame.
Direction
Batt and Boekbinder distill decades of injustice.
Director
Jim Batt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This short was produced as part of The New York Times' Op-Docs series, which gave filmmakers four minutes to tackle massive subjects.
Jay-Z's involvement wasn't just voice work—he'd been vocal about drug war hypocrisy, including his own past dealing, making this personal advocacy disguised as history.
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