48 Hours on Crack Street (1986)

5.0/10 • 90 min • Documentary

Overview

In September 1986, "48 Hours on Crack Street" provided a glimpse into America's drug crisis. Executive producer Lane Venardos and head of special unit Joan Richman dispatched eighteen camera crews and twenty-five producers to follow ten correspondent around, including Bernard Goldberg in Greenwich Village, Diane Sawyer in Livingston, N.J, Dan Rather in Brooklyn, and Bob Schieffer in New Jersey, as well as Ed Bradley, David Martin, Bill Moyers, and Richard Roth. They filmed and interviewed pushers, buyers, and victims, ranging from high school girls to Wall Street brokers.

Cast

Ed Bradley

Self - Reporter

Bill Moyers

Self - Reporter

Dan Rather

Self - Reporter

Diane Sawyer

Self - Reporter

Bob Schieffer

Self - Reporter

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