SMACK CITY
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 466635).
Synopsis
The heroin trail moves from Burma to Hong Kong, as director Adrian Cowell and cameraman Chris Menges continue their exploration of the drugs trade. The culmination of thirty years' work, this series includes their footage first shown in the sixties and seventies. Includes footage from OPIUM TRAIL (14/9/66) showing a Hong Kong shanty town of Chinese refugees; footage from The WHITE POWDER OPERA (9/5/78) showing police action led by narcotics officer David Hodson and a drugs gang; 1995 footage of the same policeman and the same gang, still in action.
Titles
- SMACK CITY
- Series Title:
- HEROIN WARS
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1996
Production Credits
- Director
- COWELL, Adrian
- Executive Producer
- JAMES, Roger
- Photography
- MENGES, Chris
- Production Company
- Carlton UK Television