The Third Strike (2020)

In the 1980's the war on drugs directly led to The Three-strikes Law. And for over 20 years it's been tearing families apart.

Letters, interviews - it's that kind of shizzle.

There's a girl in a Black Lawyers Matter shirt in the traditional Straight Outta Compton album style. Explicit style. I like her.

Movie conclusion: Drug laws are way too harsh.

It's a good documentary, and a feelgood movie about how people really can make a change.

Did they made a difference? 638 years served. 33 lives saved. Seems so.

Though I forget if this was in regard to the laws they're fighting, or the fight they're fighting... I'm late posting this. Never leave a draft unfinished.
Best watch the movie if you want to know for certain which it was!

It's a solid documentary, though it feels a bit too far from home for me to really connect with it. Probably most relevant if you are in the US of A.

As a foreigner I get good stories, and inspiration, but don't learn much otherwise. The drug feud and justice system that benefits more so the rich than the people are pretty well-known across borders. We like to say Only in the US, and act like the same thing isn't true over here but... we just have different kinds of injustices here. Same shit, different laws.

The problems are international, they vary in shape and form, but we really do need documentaries like this to shine some light on 'em.

Good watch.

 rated 3/5: not bad