I am making a stop motion exploring the history of drug addiction in the United States and its roots in racism. When researching this topic, I encountered a lot of gore and media specifically made to scare people into not experimenting with drugs. This angle has failed. Currently, the US is in the middle of an opioid epidemic and in the last year around 100,000 people died from overdoses. I wanted to create an informative video that was accessible and not designed to scare people. I picked this topic because I'm interested in how policy effects peoples lives. |