The City Addicted to Crystal Meth is a British documentary by Louis Theroux.[1] It was televised on 9 August 2009. Theroux filmed his documentary in Fresno, California which has one of the highest number of crystal meth users in the United States.[2]
The City Addicted to Crystal Meth | |
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Written by | Louis Theroux |
Starring | Louis Theroux |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Louis Theroux |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 9 August 2009 |
The documentary garnered mixed reviews.[3] The Times said "Theroux risks becoming the Alan Whicker de nos jours, a tourist with a typewriter, peering into these other lives but rarely getting dirty himself."[4]
The Guardian called the work "an extraordinary film, a sad portrait of a very different California".[1]